A PAIR OF ITALIAN GIALLO ANTICO MODELS OF THE TEMPLES OF CASTOR AND POLLUX AND VESPASIAN

The Temple of Vespasian, built by Titus and Domitian and restored by Septimus Severus and Caracalla, was fully uncovered in 1813, when the foundations were rebuilt. The Temple of Castor was vowed after the battle of Lake Regulus in 496 B.C., but rebuilt by Tiberius who dedicated it in the name of his brother Drusus and himself in 6 A.D.