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Temple of Augustus and Rome
39.9443° N, 32.8583° E
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The Temple of Augustus and Rome is an augusteum located in the Altındağ district of Ankara. It is thought to have been built around 25–20 AD. Besides being one of the most important Roman-period ruins in the city, it is also known for the Monumentum Ancyranum. This is an inscription about the works of Augustus, who was considered the first Roman emperor. It is the most complete copy of Res Gestae Divi Augusti that has survived to the present day, even as the original in Rome had disappeared.
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Earlier Phrygian temple destroyed
2nd century BCE
Res Gestae inscription installed
AD 14
Augusteum construction (date variant 1)
25–20 BC
Augusteum construction (date variant 2)
25–20 AD
Vrančić reads the inscription
1555–1562
Cornell Expedition squeezes
1907–1908
Recreation for 1911 fair
1911
Display at 1937 Mostra
1937
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