The Temple of Salus was an sanctuary in Ancient Rome dedicated to the goddess Salus.[1] It was located near the Porta Salutaris on the site of the current palazzo del Quirinale and was built by Gaius Junius Bubulcus Brutus in 306-303 BC who had previously been consul in 311 BC.[2]
The temple celebrated the victory of the cunsul in the Second Samnite War (326-304 BC) and was decorated by Fabius Pictor with scenes of the war and the triumph[2].
The temple burned during the reign of Claudius but was restored and was still standing in the 4th century, though no remaining traces of the temple are known to exist today.[2]
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[edit]- ^ Filippo Coarelli, Guida archeologica di Roma, Verona, Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, 1984.
- ^ a b c Samuel Ball Platner (as completed and revised by Thomas Ashby): A Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome, London: Oxford University Press, 1929
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