Asali wannan haikalin, da Haikalin Romulus, an ƙaddara shi ga ɗan Maxentius, Valerio Romulus, wani saurayi wanda bayan mutuwarsa aka ɗaukaka shi zuwa matsayin allah. Ginin yana ɗaya daga cikin mafi kyawun kiyayewa a yankin Roman Forum kuma ainihin ƙaramin gini ne zagaye.
Kodayake ra'ayin da ya fi dacewa shi ne cewa an gina haikalin a lokacin Constantine, a halin yanzu akwai waɗanda ke tunanin cewa asalin haikalin yana cikin wani wurin, wanda Basilica na Maxentius ke zaune a yau, kuma hakan ya motsa lokacin da wannan cocin ya fara a gina. Amma da kyau, motsa ko a'a, yana da ban sha'awa a tsaya a gaban ginin wanda yayi shekaru da yawa. Kofar ta nace, a ƙofar tagulla tare da maƙullinta na asali. Ba wai ƙofar tana nan ba ne shekaru 1500 da suka gabata, a'a, yana cikin wasu majami'u waɗanda aka gina a ƙarni na XNUMX. Saboda haka an kiyaye shi sosai.
Baya ga sanya ƙofar, a yau za mu iya ganin ginshiƙai inda ƙarni da yawa da suka gabata mutum-mutumin mutum-mutumi, alloli na wancan lokacin kuma waɗanda a wasu lokutan ana kiransa Haikalin Penates.