Temple of Hercules Victor

Tempio di Ercole Vincitore is a Roman temple in Piazza Bocca della Verità, the former Forum Boarium. It is a tholos, a circular temple of Greek 'peripteral' design, completely surrounded by a colonnade. The temple is dedicated to Hercules, the protector of the olive oil merchants, and dates from the late 2nd century BC. It is the oldest surviving marble building in Rome and the only one made of Greek marble.

In ancient Greek mythology, "Hercules" (in Greek "Herakles") is known for twelve heroic deeds he performed:
* The Nemean Lion
* The Hydra of Lerna
* The Cerynite Doe
* The Erymanthian Boar
* The Augean Stables
* The Stymphalian Birds
* The Cretan Bull
* The Horses of Diomedes
* The Belt of the Amazon Queen Hippolyta
* The Cattle of the Giant Geryon
* The Apples of the Hesperides
* The Hellhound Cerberus

The Temple of Hercules Victor, also known as Hercules Olivarius, is an ancient Roman building located south of the Temple of Portunus, in the Forum Boarius of Rome (Italy). This temple is a monopteran, which means that it has a circular plan and is completely surrounded by columns.