The Roman temple was built during the reign of Septimius Severus. It consists of three cellae, a courtyard with a portico, and a vestibule.Mustapha Khanoussi, Dougga, p. 15 Water from the temple roof was collected in cisterns. An inscription provides details about the temple's construction: it was erected using funds bequeathed in the testament of a notable local resident named Lucius Octavius Victor Roscianus at a cost of at least 150,000 sestertii,Marcel Le Glay, op. cit., inscription n°5, p. 215 which seems expensive but may be explained by the extent of the earthworks required to give the temple a solid foundation;Marcel Le Glay, op. cit., p. 211 these works nonetheless seem to have proven insufficient as work to restore and shore up the edifice appear to have been carried out before it finally fell into ruin.Marcel Le Glay, op. cit., p. 212
