The temple site remained a place of pilgrimage in the classical antiquity during the early Roman Empire and until the advent of Christianity, when the cult of Eshmun was banned during the Persecution of pagans in the late Roman Empire and a Christian church was built at the temple site across the Roman street from the podium. بقي المعبد مكاناً للحج في العالم القديم حتى ظهور المسيحية، حيث حُظرت عبادة أشمون وبنيت كنيسة مسيحية في موقع المعبد عبر الشارع الروماني.