Temple of Victory

Temple of Victory

The Temple of Victory (Latin templum Victoriae) is a temple on the Palatine Hill in Rome. It is traditionally ascribed to Evander (Dionys. I.32.5, where it is called a τέμενος), but was actually built by Lucius Postumius Megellus out of fines he levied during his aedileship and dedicated by him on 1st August (Fast. Praen. ad Kal. Aug., EE IX. No. 740; NS 1897, 421; Ant. ap. NS 1921, 104) when consul in 294 B.C. (Liv. X.33.9). This temple was used to house Cybele's sacred stone between 204 BC and 191 BC, while her own nearby temple was still being built (Liv. XXIX.14.13), and Cato the Elder afterwards built a shrine of Victoria Virgo (Liv. XXXV.9.6) next to the temple of Victory.

There is no record of any restoration of this temple (AJA 1905, 438‑440; Mem. Am. Acad. II.61), and its exact site is still uncertain. See CJ 1920, 297, where Chase states that Boni identified this temple with foundations found near the arch of Titus. It was doubtless on the Clivus Victoriae, and remains of two dedicatory inscriptions (CIL VI.31049 = i2.805; 31060), found about 50 metres west of the present church of San Teodoro, may indicate its position (HJ 47‑49; WR 139; Gilb. III.428‑429; LR 126‑127).


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