Temple of Augustus and Livia
The Temple of Augustus and Livia is a Roman peripteral sine postico hexastyle Corinthian temple built at the beginning of the 1st century, which was in the center of the ancient city of Vienne, also corresponding to the center of the modern city, in the French department of Isère and the region of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Ancient history During its construction, the temple was dedicated to the imperial cult, to honor the Emperor Augustus and his wife Livia. It has two states of construction. Of the original building built in southern stone, only the rear part remains: large wall to the west, corner pilasters, returns with pilasters and columns. The first state is dated last quarter of the 1st century BC. AD, by comparison with the Maison Carrée in Nîmes, the Roman temple of Château-Bas in Vernègues, and other buildings in Narbonnaise. Most of the building is rebuilt in Seyssel stones and choin. According to specialists of ancient ornamentation, the more naturally treated capitals were carved around the middle of 1st century, which corresponds to the first uses of choin in the city. Partial reconstruction would therefore take place a few decades after construction. However, one cannot imagine that such a building