# calling all historians...what monument is depicted herein?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 13, 2009, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-all-historians-what-monument-is-depicted-herein/521066 "2009-12-13T04:06:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2009, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-all-historians-what-monument-is-depicted-herein/521066/21 "2009-12-14T19:10:04Z")

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Just a quick glance seems to make me think it comes from Cooperstown, NY.

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**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2009, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-all-historians-what-monument-is-depicted-herein/521066/22 "2009-12-15T04:34:08Z")

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Oooh! Check out **APB’s** response!

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**Author:** ![Dallas\_Jones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dallas_jones/32/3277_2.png) [@Dallas\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dallas_Jones)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2009, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-all-historians-what-monument-is-depicted-herein/521066/23 "2009-12-15T04:46:08Z")

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> [@Zoe](#):
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> Oooh! Check out **APB’s** response!

I think that’s it!

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**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2009, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-all-historians-what-monument-is-depicted-herein/521066/24 "2009-12-15T11:05:20Z")

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Threadspotting?

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**Author:** ![md2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/73ab20/32.png) [@md2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/md2000)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2009, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-all-historians-what-monument-is-depicted-herein/521066/25 "2009-12-16T12:36:53Z")

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> [@APB](#):
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> I strongly suspect that the design will be ultimately based on, even if only loosely inspired by, the stylised depiction of a specific temple on a Roman coin. Something like the [Temple of Mars Ultor](http://davy.potdevin.free.fr/2%20Roman%20coins%20I%20Augustus%20to%20Vitellius/1-augustus/ric68_8500chf.jpg) or the [Temple of Vesta](http://davy.potdevin.free.fr/2%20Roman%20coins%20I%20Augustus%20to%20Vitellius/5-nero/ric61_10000chf.jpg).

There is an actual small round temple like this is Rome, near the Ponto Roto. If the ROmans were into garden follys, this would be one. The “Temple of Hercules” has about 16 pillars in a circle around the center building. The Greeks were not into domes and circular buildings so much as rectangles and triangular trusses.

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