donkey Forum Boarium in Rome

A slide of what was believed to be the Temple of Vesta in the Forum Boarium near the Tiber, but which is now thought to be a Temple to Hercules. Note the cheeky-looking donkey in the foreground - the donkey was Vesta's sacred animal.

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