What temple in the Roman Forum was dedicated to the deified Julius Caesar?

What temple in the Roman Forum was dedicated to the deified Julius Caesar? It was the Temple of Caesar.

Also called the Temple of Divus Iulius, this shrine stood on the eastern side of the Roman Forum near the Regia and the Temple of Vesta. It occupied the site traditionally identified with Caesar’s cremation after his assassination in 44 BC, linking the building directly to the political shock that transformed Rome.

The Senate deified Caesar after his death, and the triumvirs Octavian, Mark Antony, and Lepidus decreed the temple in 42 BC. Octavian, later Augustus, completed and dedicated it on 18 August 29 BC, after defeating Antony and Cleopatra. Its dedication formed part of the celebrations for Augustus’s victories, including Actium.

The temple was both religious and political. Its altar marked Caesar’s cremation site, while a rostra in front served public and legislative purposes. A comet seen during Caesar’s funeral games was interpreted as his soul ascending to heaven, and the resulting “Julian star” became an important symbol of his divinization and Augustus’s legitimacy.