1Before my arrival, my lord, the people of Nicomedia began to add a new forum to the old one, in a corner of which stands a very ancient temple of the Great Mother which must be either rebuilt or moved, chiefly because it is much lower than the building which is rising at this very moment. 2When I asked whether any charter had been laid down for the temple, I learned that the custom of dedication is different here from ours. 2Consider, therefore, my lord, whether you think a temple for which no charter has been laid down can be moved without offence to religion; 2in other respects it is most convenient, if religion does not prevent it.
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Pliny · Epistulae X
Pliny, Letter 10.49
Moving a temple at Nicomedia
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