The Temple of Venus Erycina (Latin: ''Aedes Veneris Erycinae'') was a temple on the

Capitoline Hill The Capitolium or Capitoline Hill ( ; it, Campidoglio ; la, Mons Capitolinus ), between the Forum and the Campus Martius, is one of the Seven Hills of Rome. The hill was earlier known as ''Mons Saturnius'', dedicated to the god Saturn. Th ...

in Ancient Rome dedicated to

Venus Erycina Venus (), , is a Roman goddess, whose functions encompass love, beauty, desire, sex, fertility, prosperity, and victory. In Roman mythology, she was the ancestor of the Roman people through her son, Aeneas, who survived the fall of Troy and fle ...

. This was an aspect of the goddess

Venus Venus is the second planet from the Sun. It is sometimes called Earth's "sister" or "twin" planet as it is almost as large and has a similar composition. As an interior planet to Earth, Venus (like Mercury) appears in Earth's sky never fa ...

. Later this temple was probably called the Temple of the Capitoline Venus (''Aedes Veneris Capitolinae''). There was another temple with the same name in Rome, the

Temple of Venus Erycina (Quirinal Hill) The Temple of Venus Erycina was an ancient sanctuary on the in Ancient Rome, erected in 184 BC and dedicated to the goddess Venus.Maria Cristina Capanna, Regione VI. Alta Semita, in Andrea Carandini (a cura di), Atlante di Roma antica, Soprinte ...

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The Temple of Venus Erycina on the

was built by the dictator

Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus, surnamed Cunctator ( 280 – 203 BC), was a Roman statesman and general of the third century BC. He was consul five times (233, 228, 215, 214, and 209 BC) and was appointed dictator in 221 and 217 BC. He was ...

. He was appointed dictator after the disastrous

Battle of Trasimeno The Battle of Lake Trasimene was fought when a Carthaginian force under Hannibal ambushed a Roman army commanded by Gaius Flaminius on 21 June 217 BC, during the Second Punic War. It took place on the north shore of Lake Trasimene, to th ...

in 217 BC and promised this temple to Venus after consulting the

Sibylline Books The ''Sibylline Books'' ( la, Libri Sibyllini) were a collection of oracular utterances, set out in Greek hexameters, that, according to tradition, were purchased from a sibyl by the last king of Rome, Tarquinius Superbus, and were consulted at mo ...

, hoping thereby to reverse his fate. The temple was inaugurated in 215 BC.

Livia Orestilla Cornelia Livia Orestina (her cognomen is sometimes given in the diminutive form Orestilla) was the second wife of the Roman Emperor Caligula in AD 37 or 38. Biography Background and name Her name is given in ancient sources in several variants l ...

had

Germanicus Germanicus Julius Caesar (24 May 15 BC – 10 October AD 19) was an ancient Roman general, known for his campaigns in Germania. The son of Nero Claudius Drusus and Antonia the Younger, Germanicus was born into an influential branch of the Patric ...

dedicated in the temple., De Vita Caesarum
Caligula, 7
/ref> The temple was probably in the ''Area Capitolina'', by the great

Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus The Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus, also known as the Temple of Jupiter Capitolinus ( la, Aedes Iovis Optimi Maximi Capitolini; it, Tempio di Giove Ottimo Massimo; ) was the most important temple in Ancient Rome, located on the Capitoline ...

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