At the end of the II century the building was rebuilt with major modifications in its planimetry.

The edifice is situated north from the Aesculap and Hygia temple, at East from Liber Pater temple. For this building, which is undoubtedly a cult edifice, there is no epigraphically, iconographical or archaeological indication, regarding the divinity or the divinities to which it was dedicated.

The temple was built on a field occupied by two groups of wooden buildings which were destroyed by a big fire. The wooden buildings were from the beginning of the II century A.C. and have had a very short existence. The Northern side was the wall of the sacred hall. On the South was a corridor, 3 m large, on the whole length of the building. North from the corridor was found a wall, 0.20 wide, built from bricks and tiles fragments in mortar and plaster. The area surrounded by the wall was paved. This phase of the building ended after a fire, probably caused by a marcomanic attack.

The Southern wall of the corridor is demolished on a 5.6 m length and at its end two room are formed with an interior of 3.5 * 3.6 m. The space between the rooms is paved with small broken stones. On the way to the South wall is built a threshold from tiles and bricks. Both the rooms and the space between them were covered. Another fire destroyed the roof. The edifice walls are rebuilt with river stones and mortar with uncertain technology. The temple had functioned till the abandonment of Dacia.

As architectonic the building is a variant of the Roman temple with close analogies in Britannia.

Last update: 2008, August 1
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