A History of Western Society: Printed Page 129
This round temple, dating from the second century B.C.E., is the oldest surviving marble building in Rome and was imported from Greece. It once contained a statue of the mythical hero Hercules and was dedicated to him at this spot where legend told he killed a monster who had stolen some cattle.
EVALUATE THE EVIDENCE
How do those similarities, and the fact that this temple was dedicated to Hercules, provide evidence for Roman adoption of Greek religion and culture?