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	The Temple of Castor and Pollux (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Temple of Castor and Pollux was originally built (probably in 484 BC) after the battle of Lake Regilus (499 BC).
		According to legend, Castor and Pollux, the twin sons of Jupiter, appeared on the battlefield in aid of the Romans.
		The temple was destroyed and rebuilt several times, the last building being erected in 6 BC by Tiberius (before he became emperor).
	www.roman-empire.net /tours/rome/temple-castor-pollux.html (110 words)

	Castor and Pollux - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Castor and Pollux, in classical mythology, twin heroes called the Dioscuri; Castor was the son of Leda and Tyndareus, Pollux the son of Leda and Zeus.
		Castor excelled as a horseman and Pollux as a boxer.
		In one version of the legend, after Castor was killed by Lynceus, Pollux, in accordance with the classical tradition that one of every set of twins is the son of a god and thus immortal, begged Zeus to allow his brother to share his immortality with him.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-castornp.html (371 words)

	Temple of Castor and Pollux - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Temple of Castor and Pollux in the Roman Forum was originally built in gratitude for victory at the battle of Lake Regillus (495 BC).
		Castor and Pollux (Greek Polydeuces) were the Dioscuri, the "twins" of Gemini, the twin sons of Zeus (Jupiter) and Leda.
		In 14 BC a fire that ravaged major parts of the forum destroyed the temple, and Tiberius, the son of Augustus by a previous marriage of Livia and the eventual heir to the throne, rebuilt it.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Temple_of_Castor_and_Pollux (541 words)

	Gator Travels: Traveling in Europe
		Temple of Castor and Pollux - House of the Vestal Virgins - the three columns are the remains of the Temple of Castor and Pollux.
		Temple of Castor and Pollux (three columns on the left) and the Temple of Vesta (on right).
		Temple of Saturn - the remaining eight columns behind it are all that's left of this temple.
	www.gatortravels.com /photos/rome98_photos_7.html (217 words)

	Castor and Pollux: The Ides of July, 496 BC
		Another great temple to Castor and Pollux was later erected near Tiber River at the southern end of the Campus Martius, and in front of that temple, paid for and dedicated by the Roman Equites (the knightly class), stood magnificent statues of Castor and Pollux and their horses.
		Like other Roman statues, Castor and Pollux were painted in naturalistic colors, but the horses were left unpainted, and the white marble gleamed in the sunlight.
		And when two sons of Augustus died in their teens or early twenties, long before the death of Augustus himself, they were also eulogized as reincarnations of Castor and Pollux, but that probably reflected ingratiation by the eulogists rather than popular belief.
	www.mmdtkw.org /VCastorPollux.html (860 words)

	Roman Architecture 2 - Crystalinks
		The new temple of Quintus Lutatius Catulus was renovated and repaired by Augustus; it was burnt down during the course of fighting on the hill in AD 69, when Vespasian battled to enter the city as Emperor.
		The Temple of Vesta in the Roman Forum stands between the Temple of Castor and Pollux, the Temple of Caesar, the Regia and the House of the Vestal Virgins.
		The Temple of Vesta in the Forum Romanum was built in the 3rd century B.C. It is not truly a temple because it was never inaugurated, nor does it hold a statue of Vesta, but only her sacred flame and the Palladium.
	www.crystalinks.com /romearch2.html (2365 words)

	Castor pictures and videos on Webshots (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Ruins of the Temple of Castor and Pollux
		Castor and Pollux outside of the Capitoline Museum, Rom...
		corinthian columns of the temple of castor and pollux i...
	www.webshots.com /search?query=Castor (220 words)

	Castor and Pollux - History for Kids!
		Castor and Pollux were originally Greek gods, but when the Romans were fighting the Etruscans in 496 BC, the Roman soldiers saw visions of Castor and Pollux fighting on their side.
		The Romans built Castor and Pollux a fine new temple to live in so that they would be happy in their new home.
		Sometimes the story goes that Pollux (who was immortal) missed his twin Castor, and so he convinced his father Zeus to let them stay together, and both spend half their time up in the sky as gods, and the other half of their time under the earth in Hades, as mortals.
	www.historyforkids.org /learn/romans/religion/castor.htm (400 words)

	Temple of Vesta in Rome
		The circular temple was surrounded by twenty Corinthian columns and rested on a marble covered podium with a 15m diameter.
		The outer walls of the temple were decorated by semi-columns.
		The section of the temple that stands today was rebuilt in 1930 using ancient fragments.
	www.genegillminiatures.com /vesta.html (131 words)

	Castor and Pollux - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In Greek mythology the Dioskouroi, Kastor and Polydeuces, in Roman mythology the Gemini (Latin "twins") Castor and Pollux are the twin sons of Leda and the brothers of Helen of Troy and Clytemnestra.
		Castor and Polydeuces abducted the Leucippides ("white horses") Phoebe and Hilaeira,
		As early as 484 BCE a temple to the Castores was erected in the Roman Forum in gratitude for their intervention in battle: see Temple of Castor and Pollux.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Castor_and_Pollux (1302 words)

	Phototour
		The octastyle temple (a temple with eight columns across the front) was dedicated in 2 BC and originally had columns on three sides.
		The only surviving fragments of the Temple of Nerva, still standing at the beginning of the 17th century when it was pulled down by Pope Paul V to provide marble for the Fontana Paolina on the Janiculum, are that of the Colonnace.
		The Temple of Castor and Pollux was originally built in 484 BC by the dictator Aulus Postumius in honor of the twin heroes Castor and Pollux, whose miraculous appearance at the battle of Lake Regillus (496 BC) resulted in the victory for the Romans over the Tarquins.
	www.architectour.com /1.htm (702 words)

	The Greek Ruins or Sicily
		The Temple of Juno also is called the Temple of Hera, after the wife of Zeus, the Goddess of fertility.
		Both temples have hexastyle columns: six columns in the front of the temple and 13 columns on the sides.
		Both of these temples are peripteral temples, meaning the columns surrounded the inside part of the temple, which was the most important.
	www.umass.edu /journal/sicilyprogram/Sicily2000/portfolio/seid/article.html (784 words)

	Images of the Forum, Rome.
		Left: Temple of Antoninus and Faustina; center: Temple of Castor and Pollux; left of center: Temple of Vesta; rear left: Basilica of Maxentius and Constantine; rear center: Colosseum
		Temple of Antoninus and Faustina, 141 CE This temple was built by Antoninus Pius to honor his deified wife Faustina who died in 141 CE.
		Its cella housed the sacred fire of Vesta, goddess of the hearth, and the temple was located next to the residence of the Vestals, priestesses who maintained this holy fire.
	www.bluffton.edu /~sullivanm/romanforum/forum.html (443 words)

	Ancient Egypt, Greece, and Rome - The Temple Of Castor And Pollux
		Close by the temple of Vesta was a spring that belonged, it is said, to the nymph Juturna, and so pure and clear were these waters that they were believed to bring healing to mankind.
		Then all knew that the contest had been gained by the favor of the gods and not by the strength of man, and immediately, upon the battle-field, a temple had been vowed to the Twin Brothers, in gratitude for their valiant aid.
		A few years later a temple to Castor and Pollux was built in the Forum, just on the spot where the heavenly visitors announced the good news to the people.
	www.oldandsold.com /articles09/egypt-25.shtml (566 words)

	Google Earth Community: Roman Forum
		In 14 BC the temple was destroyed by a fire that ravaged major parts of the forum, and it was rebuilt by Tiberius, then heir to the throne.
		The Temple of Antoninus and Faustina (Templum Divi Antonini et Divae Faustinae) was built by the emperor Antoninus Pius shortly after the death of his beloved wife Faustina (the Elder) in 141 CE.
		In front of the temple stood a speakers platform, the Rostra Julia, decorated with the rostra (the beak-like prows of war-ships) from the conquered navy of Antonius and Cleopatra at Actium in 31 BCE.
	bbs.keyhole.com /ubb/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=3852 (2082 words)

	Parte di Campo Vaccino verso l'Arco di Tito
		A very old Temple in honour of the twin gods who helped the Romans win one of their early wars, it was rebuilt by Tiberius in 6 A.C. Vasi thought that the columns belonged to the Temple of Giove (Jupiter) Statore.
		The Temple was built by Emperor Antoninus Pius in honour of his wife Annia Faustina (the senior).
		The church is partly built on the Temple of Venus and Roma.
	members.tripod.com /romeartlover/Vasi32.html (1291 words)

	the temple of Castor and Pollux (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		he temple of Castor and Pollux was built in 484 BC by the dictator Aulus Postumus, to express his thanks to the defenders of the city for the victory of his dad against the Latini and the Tarquinii.
		Sacred or not, the temple was also a place where wild plans were hatched and special initiatives taken.
		The three high columns, 12½ metres high, dominate the Forum on their seven-metre-high elevation and are the only remains of the colossal colonnade around the temple.
	www.collegesherbrooke.qc.ca /~bourgech/WebRome/leForum/temple_of_castor&pollux.html (274 words)

	Roman Forums- Rome, Italy - VirtualTourist.com
		Castor and Pollux were twin heroes in classical mythology.
		Castor was the son of Leda and Tyndareus, Pollux the son of Leda and Zeus.
		To the right are the three columns that remain of the Temple of Castor and Pollox the was built by the dictator Aulus Postumius Albino in 484 B.C. The three columns belong to the last reconstruction in the time of Augustus (6th century A.D.).
	www.virtualtourist.com /travel/Europe/Italy/Lazio/Rome-144659/Things_To_Do-Rome-Roman_Forums-BR-2.html (1292 words)

	Architecture - Sacred Sites
		The inscription on the architrave of the portico "M. Agrippa L. Cos tertium fecit" refers to a temple erected by Agrippa in 27 B.C. to the tutelary divinities of the Julia family.
		One of the oldest sacred buildings, the Temple of Saturn in the foreground was rebuilt many times after its dedication around 500 B.C. These eight surviving Ionic columns are from the temple facade, restored in 320 A.D. Romans frequently omitted the fluting from the column shaft.
		The monumental character of Roman architecture is apparent in three columns from the Temple of Castor and Pollux, rebuilt between 7 B.C. and 6 A.D. They are over forty-eight feet high and the entablature is nearly thirteen feet.
	members.tripod.com /jclcds/architecture.html (1342 words)

	Roman Civilization Bates College Winter 2002 - M. Imber
		Reconstructions of the statues of the gods (Castore e Polluce)to whom the temple is dedicated are located on the Paletine Hill at the top of the Cordonata steps (designed by Michaelangelo) that lead to the Piazza del Campidoglio from the Campus Martius.
		According to Livy, the dictator Aulus Postumius Albinus, vowed to build the Temple of Castor and Pollux during the battle of Lake Regillus in 499 BCE (??496??).
		There are references to the temple stand extant in the 4th century CE but we know that by the 15th century it was largely in the condition we see, because Romans referred to the street running by it as the via Trium Columnarum.
	abacus.bates.edu /~mimber/Rciv02/w4c2.lec.htm (2691 words)

	The LOA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Castor was famous for taming and managing horses, and Pollux for
		"Temple of Castor and Pollux" is on the left, better shots will follow.
		A cool artistic reproduction of the Temple of Castor and Pollux (which I stole from http://foxhallgallery.com/images/fitzgerald.temple.of.castor.and.pollux.ii.jpg)
	www.freewebs.com /theloa/castorandpollux.htm (313 words)

	Latin Gallery - Ancient Sites (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The temple had been erected in 141 A.D. by Antoninus Pius in memory of his wife Faustina.
		At his death 20 years later, the temple was reconsacrated to both.
		The cella of the ancient temple had been converted in the 11th century to the chruch of San Lorenzo in Miranda.
	www.dl.ket.org /latin/gallery/ancient/italy/rome/forum01.htm (113 words)

	John Henry Parker, The archaeology of Rome (1876), 22-23
		Dionysius of Halicarnassus relates a legend of the apparition of the Dioscuri, Castor and Pollux, to Postumius, in the attic on the army of the Latins.
		The first distinct notice we have of a Temple of Castor in Rome is in the year 256 (B.C. 487), when the Dictator Postumius, in the war with the Latins and family of the Tarquins, vowed to build one.
		The Temple of Castor and Pollux being thus ascertained, we are thereby enabled to fix another point hitherto doubtful.
	www.ancientworlds.net /aw/Post/881716 (714 words)

	Temple of Vesta, Forum Romanum (Photo Archive)
		The much restored remains of the temple stands between the Temple of Castor and Pollux, the Temple of Caesar, the Regia and the House of the Vestal Virgins.
		The temple underwent many changes through the centuries, maybe because of the inherent danger of fire in the cult, and very little is known about the oldest buildings on the site.
		The temple was closed by Teodosius in 394 BCE, when all non-Christian cults were definitively banned.
	sights.seindal.dk /sight/172_Temple_of_Vesta.html (597 words)

	Temple of Castor and Pollux - History for Kids!
		The Temple of Castor and Pollux is at one end of the Roman forum, near the Arch of Septimius Severus.
		That temple was finished in 494 BC, in the early Republic, and when it got old it was rebuilt in 117 BC, and restored again in 73 BC.
		This temple was used to keep some of the imperial treasury in (the emperor's money).
	www.historyforkids.org /learn/romans/architecture/templeofcastor.htm (374 words)

	more images
		From the Palatine with the Temple of Antoninus and Faustina in the center
		Backview of the statues of Castor and Pollux
		Temple and the interior of the Basilica Julia
	www.vroma.org /~forum/images.html (445 words)

	Life in Bible Times - Pagan Temples:
		Doric Columns of the Temple of Castor and Pollux, Girgenti.
		Soaring Ionic Facade of the Temple of the Ephesian Diana.
		Assyrian Temple on a hill, with an altar on the aproach path.
	www.biblepicturegallery.com /Pictures/Pagant.htm (113 words)

	Transvectio Equitum with Senex Caecilius
		The Transvectio Equitum was a parade of the Equites held on July 15 in honor of Castor and Pollux.
		Here are the first and last stanzas of a poem about the Battle of Lake Regillus and the role of Castor and Pollux in giving Rome its supremacy in Latium.
		An entry in Platner's A Topographical Dictionary of Rome gives details about the Temple of Castor and Pollux that was vowed by the dictator Postumius after the Battle of Lake Regillus.
	lonestar.texas.net /~robison/transvectio.html (291 words)

	Amazon.com for America - Search Results - Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Temple of Castor and Pollux (Lavori e studi di archeologia)
		Castor und Pollux: Untersuchung zu den Darstellungen der Dioskuren in der römischen Kaiserzeit (Charybdis) by Stefan Geppert
		Castor and Pollux: The Fighting Twins by Laura Geringer
	astore.amazon.com /540-20/search?node=22&keywords=pollux&page=1 (133 words)

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