Temple of Zeus Megistos

In its final phase, which dates from AD 169/170, the temple takes up most of a street block (C4).

The majority of the complex consists of various smaller chapels; in the west part there is a cella and in the north-east there is a large courtyard with a portico in the north.

The inscription dates to AD 169/170 and tells of numerous construction works on the temple, perhaps after it was destroyed by an earthquake.

The founder Seleukos was practically a governor in Dura-Europos and belonged to a Greek family who held this office for several generations.

Perhaps important members of wealthy families even had individual, private chapels here that only they were allowed to enter.