🏛️​🏺 The sundial at the Temple of Apollo⌛🕰️

 🏛️​🏺 The sundial at the Temple of Apollo⌛🕰️

🏛️Greco-Roman Sundial Temple of Apollo, ‪Pompeii -‬ 80 BC. The ionic column was dedicated by Augustan duoviri L. Sepunius Sandilianus and M. Herrinius Epidianus.

🏛️Astronomy and measurement of time

The ancients assiduously observed and studied the heavens, both during daylight hours and at night. The sundials found in Pompeii prove that inhabitants knew about the cycle of seasons, and were able to recognize the hour of the day. Careful astronomical observations regulated the agricultural calendar. Knowledge of astronomy was also the subject of artistic depictions: this is the case of the Farnese Globe, an extraordinary example of the integration of art and science.

🏛️The Temple of Apollo, also known as the Sanctuary of Apollo, is a Roman temple built in 120 BC and dedicated to the Greek and Roman god Apollo in the ancient Roman town of Pompeii . The sanctuary was a public space influenced by Roman colonists to be dedicated to Greco-Roman religion and culture.

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