Temple of Venus Erycina (Quirinal Hill)

Temple of Venus Erycina (Quirinal hill)

Shown within Rome
Location	Regione VIII Forum Romanum
Type	Roman temple
History
Builder	Lucius Porcius Licinius
Founded	184 BC

Denarius of Gaius Considius Nonianus, 57 BC. The obverse depicts Venus. The reverse shows the Temple of Venus Erycina on the Quirinal Hill.

Map of Rome showing the two temples of Venus Erycina

The Temple of Venus Erycina was an ancient sanctuary on the Quirinal Hill in Ancient Rome, erected in 184 BC and dedicated to the goddess Venus. ^[2]

History

The Temple of Venus Erycina on the Quirinal Hill was built by the consul Lucius Porcius Licinius.^{[ citation needed ]} He promised the temple to Venus in 184 BC during the war against the Ligurians in the north of Italy. Porcius Licinius (or his younger brother) dedicated the shrine in 181 BC. The temple was possibly included in the 1st century BC in the complex of the Gardens of Sallust.^{[ citation needed ]} If still in use by the 4th-century, it would have been closed during the persecution of pagans in the late Roman Empire.

See also

• Temple of Venus Erycina (Capitoline Hill)
• List of Ancient Roman temples

References

1. Crawford, Roman Republican Coinage, p. 448.
2. Maria Cristina Capanna, Regione VI. Alta Semita, in Andrea Carandini (a cura di), Atlante di Roma antica, Soprintendenza Speciale Beni Archeologici di Roma, volume 1, Milano, Mondatori Electa, 2012, pp. 446-473, ISBN   978-88-370-8510-0.