The Pantheon

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

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

Who was it commissioned by?

Augustus and built by general Marcus Agrippa

When was it built?

27-25BC

Who was it dedicated to?

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

Where is it?

In the Campus Martius in Rome