The Templum Divi Claudii. Decoration and architectural elements for reconstruction

Abstract

To date, little data of the Templum Divi Claudii has been available. It was dedicated by Agrippina to her deified dead husband. Nothing but a schematic drawing of the FUR of the temple, done in the 16th century, as well as a few fragments of the same marble floor, belonging to the temenos. However, thanks to the discovery of some decorative architectural elements of the temple, we can finally make a volumetric reconstruction of the monument and find out how its construction fully followed the gigantic architectural tradition started by Augustus with the temple of Mars Ultor. Its measurements, virtually identical to those of this temple, also offer the possibility of linking the emperors Claudius and Vespasian, the restorer of the Claudianum, to Augustus.