Temple of Augustus and Rome

The Temple of Augustus and Rome is an augusteum located in the Altındağ district of Ankara [1]. It is thought to have been built around 25–20 BC [1]. Besides being one of the most important Roman-period ruins in the city, it is also known for the Monumentum Ancyranum [1]. This is an inscription about the works of Augustus [1]. It is the most complete copy of Res Gestae Divi Augusti that has survived to the present day [1]. An earlier, 2nd century BCE Phrygian temple on the site was destroyed [1]. Only the side walls and the ornamented door frame remain; the positions of six columns can still be recognized [1]. After the death of Augustus in AD 14, a copy of the text of the Res Gestae Divi Augusti was inscribed on both walls inside the pronaos in Latin with a Greek translation on an exterior wall of the cella [1].