: Col lege ▁of ▁William ▁& ▁Mary ▁fac ulty ▁Category : Gr inn ell ▁College ▁al umn i ▁Category : Mac Ar thur ▁F ell ows ▁Category : Smith ▁College ▁fac ulty ▁Category : 2 0 th - century ▁American ▁women ▁writers <0x0A> </s> ▁The ▁Roman ▁temple ▁of ▁Alc ánt ara ▁is ▁located ▁at ▁one ▁side ▁of ▁the ▁Alc ánt ara ▁Bridge , ▁C á cer es , ▁Ext rem ad ura ▁( Sp ain ). ▁Al ong ▁with ▁the ▁Roman ▁temple ▁of ▁Vic , ▁it ▁is ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁only ▁two ▁Roman ▁tem ples ▁preserved ▁nearly ▁complete ▁in ▁Spain . ▁ ▁History ▁ ▁The ▁bridge , ▁tri um phal ▁arch ▁and ▁temple ▁were ▁all ▁designed ▁by ▁the ▁same ▁architect , ▁G ai us ▁Julius ▁Lac er , ▁who ▁dedicated ▁the ▁last ▁to ▁the ▁de ified ▁em per ors ▁of ▁Rome . ▁He ▁concluded ▁his ▁work ▁in ▁ 1 0 3 ▁AD . ▁The ▁origin ▁of ▁the ▁architect ▁appears ▁to ▁be ▁local , ▁but ▁sty list ically ▁the ▁features ▁of ▁the ▁building ▁appear ▁closely ▁related ▁to ▁contemporary ▁buildings ▁in ▁the ▁Ital ica ▁province . ▁This ▁suggests ▁that ▁the ▁architect ▁either ▁studied ▁in ▁what ▁is ▁today ▁Italy , ▁or ▁was ▁born ▁there ▁and ▁later ▁moved ▁to ▁the ▁L us it ania ▁province . ▁The ▁temple ▁was ▁constructed ▁as ▁an ▁offering ▁to ▁Tra jan ▁and ▁the ▁gods ▁of ▁Rome . ▁If ▁still ▁in ▁use , ▁the ▁temple ▁would ▁have ▁been ▁closed ▁during ▁the ▁per sec ution ▁of ▁pag ans ▁under ▁the ▁Christian ▁em per ors