Bziza Roman Temple

The Roman temple of Bziza is a well-preserved first century AD building dedicated to Azizos, a personification of the morning star in ancient Arab polytheism [1]. The tetrastyle prostyle building has two doors that connect the pronaos to a square cella [1]. To the back of the temple lie the remains of the adyton where images of the deity once stood [1]. The temple of Bziza was built during the Julio-Claudian dynasty in the first century AD [1]. The temple of Bziza was converted into a church during the early Byzantine period between the fifth and sixth century and underwent further structural modifications during the Middle Ages between the twelfth and the thirteenth century [1]. The ashlar rectangular temple measures 8.5 metres by 14 metres [1].