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A small monumental chapel in a church.

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  • In that case, the open front and the niche in the back wall could suggest that one is dealing here with a kind of sacellum (or shrine) dedicated to the cult of Marcus...
  • The front of room 1 (sacellum?) of the Macellum emerging from the soil.
  • This is the portal of its temple, through which alone we can gain access to the sacellum where its aporrheta are concealed.
  • If there ever was a statue of the emperor on display in the complex it will either have stood in the central tholos or in a similar sacellum in the center of the north wing.
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