(the Temple of Castor and Pollux (Italian: Tempio dei Dioscuri) is an ancient temple in the Roman Forum, Rome, central Italy)
(it was originally built in gratitude for victory at the ‘Battle of Lake Regillus’ (495 BC))
(‘Castor’ and ‘Pollux’ (Greek Polydeuces) were the ‘Dioscuri’, the “twins” of Gemini, the twin sons of Zeus (Jupiter) and Leda)
(their cult came to Rome from Greece via Magna Graecia and the ‘greek culture’ of ‘southern italy’)
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