{"id":4646,"date":"2017-02-23T10:21:17","date_gmt":"2017-02-23T10:21:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.visionpubl.com\/en\/?p=4646"},"modified":"2017-02-23T12:14:09","modified_gmt":"2017-02-23T12:14:09","slug":"square-temple-domitian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.visionpubl.com\/en\/cities\/ephesus\/square-temple-domitian\/","title":{"rendered":"The Square and The Temple of Domitian"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>During the period of <strong>Domitian (81-96 A.D.)<\/strong>, a large artificial terrace, looking onto the <strong>State agora<\/strong>, was built with a series of arches on two levels, and completed to the north with a <strong>monumental fa\u00e7ade<\/strong>, decorated with images of barbarians (perhaps executed during the <strong>Antonine Age<\/strong>).<\/p>\n<p>Inside this large basement were a <strong>154-meter<\/strong>-long <strong>cryptoporticus and shops<\/strong>.<br \/>\nA double staircase led from the portico to the terrace and temple; the <strong>sacred edifice<\/strong> was pseudodipteral, with <strong>8 Corinthian columns<\/strong> on the front and <strong>13 on the sides<\/strong>, a very deep cella, and a pronaos with a wider central intercolumniation.<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"http:\/\/www.visionpubl.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/02\/2217166922_8f7eac9ba1_b.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a9 Photo credits by <a class=\"linkHighlight\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/archer10\/\" target=\"_new\">Dennis Jarvis<\/a> under CC-BY-SA-2.0<\/p>\n<p>Originally dedicated to the cult of the living emperor <strong>Domitian and his wife Domitia<\/strong>, it was later consecrated, after the emperor\u2019s damnatio memoriae, to his father <strong>Vespasian<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The insertion of this new complex followed the <strong>Hellenistic<\/strong> urban plan layout perfectly.<br \/>\nIn front of the temple, of which few traces remain on the ground, was an altar, of which much of the decoration, consisting of a heap of weapons, has been recovered.<br \/>\nAmong the fragments of imperial statues found in the temple edifice, of particular importance is a colossal portrait statue of the emperor <strong>Titus<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"blog-cta\">\n<div class=\"book-image\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.visionpubl.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/02\/GUI-EFE-ING-6.png\" alt=\"Ephesus and Pergamon Guidebook\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Do you want to know more about the history of\u00a0<strong>Ephesus and Pergamon?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Check out our <a href=\"\/en\/guidebooks\/ephesus-and-pergamon\/\" target=\"_blank\">guidebook to Ephesus and Pergamon<\/a>, with detailed history and <strong>Past &amp; Present images of their greatest historical and archaeological sites.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"vai-alla-guida\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"\/en\/guidebooks\/ephesus-and-pergamon\/\">Check out our Guide Book to Ephesus and Pergamon<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"vai-alla-guida\"><\/div>\n<h2>How to get to The Square and The Temple of Domitian, Ephesus<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During the period of Domitian (81-96 A.D.), a large artificial terrace, looking onto the State agora, was built with a series of arches on two levels, and completed to the north with a monumental fa\u00e7ade, decorated with images of barbarians (perhaps executed during the Antonine Age). Inside this large basement were a 154-meter-long cryptoporticus and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4648,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[183,200],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visionpubl.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4646"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visionpubl.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visionpubl.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visionpubl.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visionpubl.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4646"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.visionpubl.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4646\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4658,"href":"https:\/\/www.visionpubl.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4646\/revisions\/4658"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visionpubl.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4648"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visionpubl.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4646"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visionpubl.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4646"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visionpubl.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}