Temple of Hercules, Amman Governorate, Jordan 

The temple is about 30 by 24 m wide and additional with an outer sanctum of 121 by 72 m. The portico has six columns ca. 10 m tall. Archaeologists believe that since there are no remains of additional columns the temple was probably not finished, and the marble used to build the Byzantine Church nearby.

Temple of Hercules is a historic site in the Amman Citadel in Amman, Jordan. It is thought to be the most significant Roman structure in the Amman Citadel. According to an inscription the temple was built when Geminius Marcianus was governor of the Province of Arabia (AD 162-166), in the same period as the Roman theater below.

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