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A Late Roman Temple in Antioch on the Orontes is located 0.1 miles to the east of the Hippodrome/Circus.
The temple is oriented north-south and has three entrances: on the west, south, and east. The outer perimeter of the Temple measures 350 x 233 feet. Only the foundations of the podium on which the temple building stood are preserved—to a height of 15 feet! The foundation consists of two parallel walls—an inner and outer—built of opus caementicium (roman concrete) with pebble stones and cement mortar. There is a raised platform at its northern end. Excavations of the structure began in 2008 and continue into the present.
For a convenient summary of the excavations through 2019 see: The Antiochepedia = Musings Upon Ancient Antioch [Blog] December 21, 2019 — "The 'Big' Temple and Recent Works Upon It [sic] Ruins" — http://libaniusredux.blogspot.com/2019/
