Early in the First Punic War,
however, the inhabitants massacred the Carthaginian Sarrison and
allied themselves with Rome . Segesta was favourably detracted under
Roman rule; it became a free city and the territory of Eryx may have
been assigned to it.
On a hill just outside
the site of the ancient city of Segesta lies an unusually well
preserved Doric
temple. It was built sometime in the late 5th century BC and has 6×14
columns on a base measuring 21×56m, on a platform three steps high.
Several things suggest that the temple was never actually finished.
The columns have not been fluted as they normally would have been in
a Doric temple and there are still tabs present in the blocks of the
base (used for lifting the blocks into place but then normally
removed).
It also lacks a cella
and was never roofed over. The temple is also unusual for being a
Hellenic temple in a city not mainly populated by Greeks.
The information about this temple in Segesta was found in Encyclopaedia Britannica by Alvaro, Jose ManuelSan and MariaQ - Thanks!
The information about this temple in Segesta was found in Encyclopaedia Britannica by Alvaro, Jose ManuelSan and MariaQ - Thanks!
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