The Temple Of Hercules Victor In Rome, Italy Editorial Photo

The Temple of Hercules Victor `Hercules the Winner` in Piazza Bocca della Verità, in the area of the Forum Boarium close to the Tiber in Rome, Italy. The Roman temple is a tholos - a round temple of Greek `peripteral` design completely encircled by a colonnade. This layout caused it to be mistaken for a temple of Vesta. The temple is the earliest surviving marble building in Rome. The Hercules Temple of Victor is also the only surviving sacred temple in ancient Rome. Today it remains unsolved who this temple was dedicated for and for what purpose.