[6] The richly decorated frieze is similar to that of a somewhat larger and more recent temple, the Maison Carrée in Nîmes, France.

Under Byzantine rule, the temple was converted into a church, accounting for its survival to modern times, and was later used as a granary.

In the 16th century, Andrea Palladio included the description of the temple in his I quattro libri dell'architettura, a highly influential book on the principles of Classical architecture.

By the late 19th century, the temple stood at the corner of the marketplace of Pula and was partly concealed by houses, "so that the visitor cannot obtain a view till he is close to it.

[9][10] The temple's dedication originally consisted of bronze letters affixed by nails to the stones of the architrave.