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Area Sacra di S. Omobono (The
sacre area of s. omobono)
The most important discovery is that
of the remains of an archaic temple beneath
the apse of the church of S. Omobono.
This is the most ancient example of a
Tuscan-order temple in the Roman area,
and it may be dated to the mid 6th century BC.
It was rebuilt a few decades later, along
with all its decorative apparatus, and then destroyed
towards the end of the 6th century BC after the expulsion
of the Tarquins from Rome.
The place was consecrated to Mater
Matuta, a deity who appears in the temple
decoration and is associated with the commercial
river port area.
In the early 5th century BC, a pair of
temples were built, in honor of Fortuna
(the west one) and Mater Matuta (the east one).
The two temples were destroyed
in a fire in 212 BC and rebuilt at the end of the 3'd
century BC.
Several imperial phases have also
been documented.
In the 6th century, an early Christian
church was built on top of the pagan temple,
and in the 12th-13th centuries the church was
restored, with the addition of a new Cosmatesque-type
floor.
In 1482 the church was rebuilt
and named S. Salvatore in Porticu.
ln 1700 it was finally consecrated to
Sts Homobonus and Anthony.
The sanctuary has yielded a large quantity
of materials which document the commercial importance
of the area and derive from the temples terracotta
decorations.
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