The Temple of Vespasian and Titus sits at the western end of the Roman Forum, between the Temple of Concord and the Temple of Saturn. Titus began it after Vespasian's death in 79, and Domitian completed and dedicated it around 87. The infobox gives only 79, and the article names no architect.
The temple is hexastyle and prostyle, in the Corinthian order, and measures 108 by 72 feet (33 by 22 m). Foundations are tuff concrete, the podium core is white marble, and the cella walls are travertine lined with costly marbles imported from the eastern provinces. Septimius Severus and Caracalla restored it around 200 to 205.
Significant damage around 1300 under Boniface VIII was followed by Nicholas V's remodeling, which rebuilt the front as a fortress with corner towers. Surviving elements are the podium core, two travertine wall fragments, part of the statue pedestal and three Corinthian columns at the southeast corner of the porch.
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