Temple of Augustus, Pula

The Temple of Augustus is a well-preserved Roman temple in the city of Pula, Croatia [1]. Dedicated to the first Roman emperor, Augustus, it was probably built during the emperor's lifetime at some point between 27 BC and his death in AD 14 [1]. It was built on a podium with a tetrastyle prostyle porch of Corinthian columns and measures about 8 by 17.3 m, and 14 m high [1]. The richly decorated frieze is similar to that of a somewhat larger and more recent temple, the Maison Carrée in Nîmes [1]. The temple was part of a triad consisting of three temples [1]. The Temple of Augustus stood at the left side of the central temple, and the similar temple of the goddess Diana stood on the other side of the main temple [1]. Under Byzantine rule, the temple was converted into a church, accounting for its survival to modern times, and was later used as a granary [1]. The temple's dedication originally consisted of bronze letters affixed by nails to the stones of the architrave [1].