Originally this temple, the Temple of Romulus, was destined to the son of Maxentius, Valerio Romulus, a young man who after his death was elevated to the category of a god. The building is one of the best preserved within the Roman Forum area and is actually a small, round brick building.
Although the most established idea is that the temple was built in the time of Constantine, currently there are those who think that originally the temple was in another site, today occupied by the Basilica of Maxentius, and that it was moved when this church began to be built. But well, moved or not, it is impressive to stop in front of a building that is so many years old. The door persists, a bronze door with its original lock. It is not that the door was here the last 1500 years, no, it was inside some churches that were built in the XNUMXth century. Hence it has been preserved so well.
In addition to the imposing door, today we can see the columns where centuries before were the statues of the Penates, the deities of that time and for which sometimes it has also been called the Temple of the Penates.