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The surviving remains of the temple's podium in 1994

The Temple of Apollo Palatinus was a temple to the god Apollo in Rome, constructed on the Palatine Hill on the initiative of Augustus between 36 and 28 BCE. It was associated with Augustus's victories at the battles of Naulochus and Actium; the latter was extensively memorialised through its decoration. The temple represented the restoration of Rome's golden age and Augustus's devotion to religious and political duty. Its precinct was used for diplomatic functions and meetings of the Roman Senate. Augustan poets frequently praised the temple and its lavish artistic decoration and statuary. The temple was destroyed in a fire in 363 CE, which was rumoured to be an act of arson committed by Christians. The incomplete remains of the temple have been excavated and partially restored since the nineteenth century. Modern assessments of the temple have variously treated it as a Hellenising break with Roman tradition and as a conservative attempt to reassert the values of the Roman Republic. (Full article...)

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Hi UndercoverClassicist and congratulations. A draft TFA blurb for this article is above. Thoughts, comments and edits from you or from anyone else interested are welcome. Gog the Mild (talk) 15:31, 16 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for this, Gog - I've made a few small prose edits and added a wikilink. UndercoverClassicist ^T·C 15:34, 16 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@Gog the Mild: I tried to find the instructions to nominate this for TFA properly, but I'm afraid I drew a bit of a blank. Could you let me know the procedure for putting it into consideration? UndercoverClassicist ^T·C 21:54, 19 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Sure: part way down this page - Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests - enter the article title where it says "Article title", click "Create nomination", follow the instructions, and ping me if you get stuck. Gog the Mild (talk) 22:13, 19 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

That said, the coordinator scheduling December - User:Wehwalt - has already tentatively scheduled this for 14 December. Gog the Mild (talk) 22:16, 19 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, and the blurb was marginally over the hard limit for characters - 1,025 including spaces. So I have trimmed a little. (I mean, how stupid does a reader have to be that they need telling where a poet is likely to refer to something?) Let me know if this is a problem. Gog the Mild (talk) 22:22, 19 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

No problem: thanks for those instructions; my previous TFAs had (like this one) been set up by the generosity of others, and I thought it was about time I learned how to do it properly! Thank you also Wehwalt: do I need to do anything further in this respect? UndercoverClassicist ^T·C 08:53, 20 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Not at this time. Wehwalt (talk) 22:43, 25 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]