Temple of Bacchus Baalbek Lebanon cscs Baalbek is the site of the ancient city of Heliopolis which rose to prominence during the later Hellenistic and Roman period The main temple complex had sanctuaries devoted to Jupiter Baal Venus Aphrodite and Bacchus with a further temple to Mercury Hermes nearby The Temple of Bacchus was built in the mid nd century aD during the reign of the Emperor Antoninus Pius
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