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While our vision of temples may be of big buildings, there were in fact small temples in various places in the ancient cities including in Ostia.<\/p>\n

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These temples were built for gods believed to protect sailors and sailing.\u00a0 And adjacent to these buildings were collegiale, or association buildings for those who were guilds of workers who built and maintained these buildings, as well the business buildings nearby\u2014 so carpenters, stone masons, pipe fitters, plumbers and more.<\/p>\n

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Some of the nearby commercial buildings towered over these temples and collegiale buildings\u2026 and they were originally decorated with marble on the outside of the bricks..<\/p>\n

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