Temple of the Sun (Rome)

The Temple of the Sun was a temple in the Campus Agrippae in Rome. It was dedicated to Sol Invictus in 270 by the emperor Aurelian^[1] and funded by spoils from his campaign against Palmyra. It was the fourth temple dedicated to him in Rome - the other three were in the Circus Maximus, on the Quirinal and in Trastevere.^[2]

References

1. Aurelius Victor, De Caesaribus 35-7
2. Hijmans, Steven E (2009), Sol : the sun in the art and religions of Rome (Thesis/dissertation), ISBN 90-367-3931-4, chapter 5

Bibliography

• L. Richardson, jr, A New Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome, Baltimore - London 1992. pp. 363–364 ISBN 0801843006