Temple of Antas

The Temple of Antas ( Italian: Tempio di Antas ) is an originally Punic, Roman sanctuary later in Sardinia, which was dedicated to the variuos manners.

Location

The temple is located north of Iglesias in the Sardinian province of Carbonia -Iglesias in the area of Fluminimaggiore on the slopes of the mountain Conca 'e S'Omu.

Description

Claudius Ptolemy of Alexandria described in the second century AD, a shrine that was dedicated to the variuos manners. According to him, it should have been due to the sources of fluvius sacer, the sacred river, in which it could be just about the present Riu Antas.

When the Carthaginians in 500 BC built their temple in Antas valley, the place was already marked by a Sardinian cultures as sacred. 1984 archaeologists found near the place of worship several tombs of the nuragic. In the time of Emperor Caracalla ( 211-217 ), the temple was demolished by the Romans and rebuilt. The of the Carthaginians for the god Sid ( a son Melkarts ) built sanctuary was now dedicated to the variuos manners. The inscription reads: Templ ( at ) De Sardi Patris Bab. From the Punic temple only relics of the foundation walls are visible. Even the Roman sanctuary little remained. There are six columns and the foundation platform. Usually, the Romans turned their temple to the east. This Roman temple, as its Punic precursor, turned in a northwesterly direction.