Publisher's Synopsis
Hadrian's Temple was located, in the sacred region of Campus Martius. The temple was most likely initiated during Hadrian's principate, to house the remains of his wife Vibia Sabina who died in 136, but the actual construction was due to his successor, Antoninus Pius. It was finished around 145. The version most con divided by scholars is that it was erected in honor of the imperator Hadrian, who was deified after his death. The remains were incorporated into the building that was constructed on its ruins in the 17th century by Swiss-Italian architect Carlo Fontana. The building was originally a Vatican customs house and, from 1831, was used as the headquarters of the Rome Stock Exchange. Standing out in the square, still visible, are eleven of the original thirteen columns on the north side. For many centuries it was mistakenly identified as the Temple of Neptune. The temple was located in Regio IX, in the Campus Martius, in relation to the adjacent Temple of Matidia, dedicated by the emperor to his mother-in-law, Salonina Matidia. This area was intensively built and embellished by this very emperor and, later reserved for imperial funerals.
