1. The Temple of Saturn By Jacques Fehr

2. The Temple of Saturn -3rd oldest sacred place in Rome -Rebuilt three times (42 BC and and 4th century AD) -The temple was dedicated to the god Saturn -Dedicated around 497 BC

3. The Temple of Saturn again -All that remains are eight columns with a pediment on top -The remains are from the third temple, which was created because the second was destroyed by fire -The third temple was built by the people and senate of Rome

4. The Temple of Saturn a third time -Located in the western area of the Roman Forum -Sits at the foot of Capitoline hill -The statue inside the temple was wooden and veiled, and also held a scythe

5. Still the Temple of Saturn -Inside the temple was the treasury -Saturn was associated with wealth -It stored the Republics gold and silver, and the official scale for measuring metals

6. Bibliography Websites: -http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_of_Saturn - http://penelope.uchicago.edu/~grout/encyclopaedia_romana/romanforu m/saturn.html Pictures - http://www.concierge.com/images/destinations/destinationguide/europ e/italy/rome/rome/rome_006p.jpg -http://www.digital- images.net/Images/Rome/Roman_Forum/Temple_ofSaturn_3783.jpg -www.art-wallpaper.com/18064/Piranesi Giovanni/Vedute Temple of Saturn and the triumphal arch of Septimius Severus in the Roman?Width=1024 -http://goldcoinblogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Gold-silver-bars- purchase.gif -http://rlv.zcache.com/temple_of_saturn_early_4th_century_bc_t_shirt- r852aba93e9f34d34814489817923c9af_f0czt_400.jpg