cella
Interior enclosed part - nucleus of a temple or other temple-shaped building.

corinthian order
The most elaborate of the ancient greek architectural orders. It was developed in the 4th century BC in Greece and it was extensively used in Roman architecture. It is similar to the Ionic order. Its capitals being four-sided and composed of a basket-shaped body decorated with volumes and rows of acanthus leaves.

exedra, the
1. Large semicircular niche-like structure with stone seats ranged around the walls, often outdoors or with a hemidome over. An exedra may also be expressed by a curved break in a colonnade, perhaps with a semi-circular seat.2. The rectangular hall of the palaestra, open to the courtyard with columns at the front. The exedrae in gymnasium and palaestra could have served many functions. Usually a hall of such type was the Ephebeum.

opus caementicium
Roman technique of constructing structures using concrete. It was spread in the east part of the Roman Empire after 50 BC.

pillar
Pier of square or rectangular cross-section.

propylon
Monumental architectural entrance, most often to a sanctuary or a building complex.

pseudodipteral temple
A temple having the arrangement of columns suggesting a dipteral structure but without the inner colonnade.

stoa, portico, the
A long building with a roof supported by one or two colonnades parallel to its back wall.