The Pantheon

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What were its special features?

It had a dome with an oculus (a hole like an eye at the top), a rotunda, and an inscription

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2

Why were some of its features unusual?

Domes weren’t common at the time, and it used a Greek technique of pouring concrete, unseen after that time until much more recently; most temples had straight walls unlike the rotunda; there usually weren’t inscriptions on temples and this one was made honouring the original overseer after it was rebuilt

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3

Who was it commissioned by?

Augustus and built by general Marcus Agrippa

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4

When was it built?

27-25BC

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5

Who was it dedicated to?

All the gods (pan=all, theos=gods)

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6

Where is it?

In the Campus Martius in Rome

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