| The building of this temple marked a watershed in the history of the Holy City. It was the moment when Rome transformed from being a town of small-scale temples and shrines to a sacred capital embellished with its own cathedral. The Temple of Jupiter was a declaration of the astonishing religious and political confidence of Rome, a rising power blessed and propelled on its sacred destiny by the forces of the gods. And that power was consolidated by the raising of ever more temples. Their remains can still be seen all over Rome. As the Romans conquered new territories, the spoils of victory poured into the city and since the Romans attributed their success to the gods, so the victors built more and more magnificent temples in gratitude and in celebration. Gradually the geography of the Holy City began to resemble a map of Rome's ever-increasing empire. And nowhere was Rome's acknowledgement of the gods clearer than in one of the city's most colourful military ceremonies. |
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