Temple of Quirinus

Temple of Quirinus
	Plan Rome - Aedes Quirini
	Temple of Quirinus Shown in ancient Rome
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Coordinates	41°54′07″N 12°29′25″E / 41.9020°N 12.4904°E

The Temple of Quirinus (Latin: Aedes Quirinus or Templum Quirinus) was an ancient Roman temple built on the western half of the Quirinal Hill near the Capitolium Vetus, on a site which now equates to the junction between Via del Quirinale and Via delle Quattro Fontane, beside Piazza Barberini.^[1]^[2] Domitian later built the Temple of the gens Flavia nearby.^[3]

According to ancient authors, the temple of Quirinus was built and dedicated to Quirinus (the deified form of Romulus) by the consul Lucius Papirius Cursor in 293 BC.^[4]^[5]

Work was done on the temple in the early imperial period, and literary references are found until the 4th century AD.^[1]^[2]

Fieldwork conducted by Andrea Carandini employed ground penetrating radar on the Quirinal Hill, revealing possible remains of the temple.^[6]

References

^ ^a ^b Samuel Ball Platner (21 May 2015). A Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome. Cambridge University Press. pp. 438–. ISBN 978-1-108-08324-9.
^ ^a ^b Filippo Coarelli (10 May 2014). Rome and Environs: An Archaeological Guide. Univ of California Press. pp. 233–. ISBN 978-0-520-28209-4.
^ Andrew Zissos (7 March 2016). A Companion to the Flavian Age of Imperial Rome. John Wiley & Sons. pp. 120–. ISBN 978-1-4443-3600-9.
^ Duncan Fishwick (October 1993). The Imperial cult in the Latin West 001. BRILL. pp. 58–. ISBN 90-04-07179-2.
^ Penelope J. E. Davies (30 November 2017). Architecture and Politics in Republican Rome. Cambridge University Press. pp. 284–. ISBN 978-1-107-09431-4.
^ Andrea Carandini (2007). Cercando Quirino: traversata sulle onde elettromagnetiche nel suolo del Quirinale. G. Einaudi. ISBN 978-88-06-19084-2.

[Platner2015-1] Samuel Ball Platner (21 May 2015). A Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome. Cambridge University Press. pp. 438–. ISBN 978-1-108-08324-9.

[Coarelli2014-2] Filippo Coarelli (10 May 2014). Rome and Environs: An Archaeological Guide. Univ of California Press. pp. 233–. ISBN 978-0-520-28209-4.

[Zissos2016-3] Andrew Zissos (7 March 2016). A Companion to the Flavian Age of Imperial Rome. John Wiley & Sons. pp. 120–. ISBN 978-1-4443-3600-9.

[Fishwick1993-4] Duncan Fishwick (October 1993). The Imperial cult in the Latin West 001. BRILL. pp. 58–. ISBN 90-04-07179-2.

[Davies2017-5] Penelope J. E. Davies (30 November 2017). Architecture and Politics in Republican Rome. Cambridge University Press. pp. 284–. ISBN 978-1-107-09431-4.

[Carandini2007-6] Andrea Carandini (2007). Cercando Quirino: traversata sulle onde elettromagnetiche nel suolo del Quirinale. G. Einaudi. ISBN 978-88-06-19084-2.

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