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Dedicated to the Princes of Youth …

… the Maison Carrée, erected in Nemausus at the very end of the 1st Century BCE, remains the best preserved temple façade in the whole Roman Empire. It was dedicated to Lucius and Gaius Julius Caesar, grandsons of Augustus, and presumptive successors to the Princeps before their much lamented early demise and deification.

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