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  2. Temple of Fortuna Primigenia - Wikipedia

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    The temple of Fortuna Primigenia was an ancient Roman temple within the sanctuary of Fortuna Primigenia, a religious complex in Praeneste (now Palestrina, 35 km (22 mi) east of Rome). It was founded in 204 BC by Publius Sempronius Tuditanus and dedicated to the goddess Fortuna Primigenia, the exact meaning of whose name is unclear. [1]

  3. Temple of Portunus - Wikipedia

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    The Temple of Portunus (Italian: Tempio di Portuno) is an ancient Roman temple in Rome, Italy. It was built beside the Forum Boarium , the Roman cattle market associated with Hercules , which was adjacent to Rome's oldest river port ( Portus Tiberinus ) and the oldest stone bridge across the Tiber River , the Pons Aemilius .

  4. Category:Temples of Fortuna - Wikipedia

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    Temple of Fortuna Respiciens This page was last edited on 28 April 2024, at 19:08 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 4 ...

  5. Did archaeologists unearth the oldest known Roman temple?

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    Archaeologists digging in central Rome say they've found what could be the oldest known Roman temple: the temple of Fortuna. It's believed to have been built around the 7th century BC for the ...

  6. Temple of Fortuna Muliebris - Wikipedia

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    The Temple of Fortuna Muliebris was a temple in ancient Rome dedicated by Proculus Verginius Tricostus Rutilus in 486 BC to the goddess Fortuna [1] and located at the fourth milestone of the Via Latina. [2]

  7. Sacerdos Fortunae Muliebris - Wikipedia

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    The temple of Fortuna Muliebris was established in Rome in 488 BC, after Marcius Coriolanus had threatened to invade, but had been persuaded not to by his mother and his wife. His mother and his wife hand in turn been persuaded to mediate by a delegation of married Roman women, matronae , under leadership of a matronae by the name Valeria.

  8. List of ancient Roman temples - Wikipedia

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    Temple of Hercules Victor, early circular temple, largely complete; Nymphaeum often called (erroneously) the Temple of Minerva Medica; Temple of Portunus (formerly called the Temple of Fortuna Virilis), near Santa Maria in Cosmedin and the Temple of Hercules Victor; Temple of Romulus, very complete circular exterior, early 4th century – Roman ...

  9. Fortuna Virilis - Wikipedia

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    In ancient Roman religion, Fortuna Virilis was an aspect or manifestation of the goddess Fortuna who despite her name (virilis, "virile, manly") was cultivated by women only. She shared a festival day with Venus Verticordia on April 1 ( Kalendae Aprilis ) , which first appears with the name Veneralia in the mid-4th century AD.