The Temple of Vespasian and Titus

In front of the centre of the Tabularium stands the Temple of Vespasian and Titus. The discovery of the inscription on the temple led to great controversy as originally it had been thought that this was a temple to Jupiter. It was completed during the reign of Domitius and restored during the reigns of Septimus Severus and Caracalla. On the architrave are depictions of a patera (bowl), knife, axe, amphora, spiked helmet, aspergillum (water sprinkler), and bucranium(a sculptured represention of an ox skull adorned with wreaths); these were sacrificial instruments.
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