Elinye lamathempeli agcinwe kahle kakhulu ozozibona esiGungwini SamaRoma yi Ithempeli lika-Antonino noFaustina. Njengamanye amathempeli, yasindiswa ekubhujisweni noma ekubeni yinkwali yezakhiwo zangesikhathi esidlule ngoba yaguqulwa yaba isonto, iSonto LaseSan Lorenzo. Ithempeli lakhiwa ngu-Antonino Pio ngenhloso yokuhlonipha umkakhe, u-Empress Faustina ngekhulu lesi-36 AD.Ngonyaka ofanayo wokufa kwakhe lo wesifazane oneminyaka engama-XNUMX wenziwa unkulunkulu futhi kwakuyiminyaka emva kokushona komyeni wakhe lapho iSenate yanikezela khona ukwakhiwa kwenkumbulo yomshado.
Ingaphandle liyasamukela ngamakholomu amade ayisithupha amhlophe emabula afakwe i-frieze ehlotshiswe ompompi nezitshalo zezitshalo. Ngaphakathi kwethempeli kukhulu impela, kunekamelo eliphakeme lamamitha ayi-17 okwathi ngesikhathi sokwakhiwa kwalo lambozwa ngemabula, noma kunjalo namuhla kuphela intaba-mlilo eyisisekelo ebonakalayo. Maphakathi kune-altare namakholomu ayisithupha anezitayela zaseKorinte phambi kwalo namabili ngapha nangapha. Konke okwatholakala ekumbeni okwenzeka ngaphakathi nangaseduze kwethempeli manje sekuboniswa e-Antiquarium of the Roman Forum.
U-Emperor Antoninus Pius wayevame ukuthi, lapho kushona umkakhe, ukuthi ngabe wayekhetha ukuhlala naye ehlane kunokuhlala kwakhe esigodlweni. Ngabe bazothandana?