Swept along with the crowd, you stand on the first step of the Temple of Jupiter Iurarius. An impressive row of columns rises before you. Vitruvius describes the Temple of Jupiter Iurarius as an example of prostyle architecture. Within the shadows of the temple interior a number of altars smoke with incense. The structure looks archaic in comparison with those of Rome of the second-century A.D. According to Livy, the praetor L. Furius Purpurio vowed the temple early in the second century B.C.
Entering the temple you mingle with other visitors and pause to study the a shrine that seems somewhat out of place. This eccentric shrine is dedicated to the rustic god Faunus.
Insula Tiberina