The temple of Minerva Medica (akin to the
temple of Apollo Medicus) was a
temple
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in
ancient Rome
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, built on the
Esquiline Hill
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in the
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, though no remains of it have been found. Since the 17th century, it has been wrongly identified with the ruins of
a nymphaeum on a nearby site, on account of the erroneous impression that the
Athena Giustiniani had been found in its ruins.
Location
Its position in the
regionary catalogue, between the
campus Viminalis and the temple of Isis Patricia, points to a site in the northern part of
Region V.
But hundreds of votive offerings, including one in which the temple is attested, were discovered in the
Via Curva (the modern Via Carlo Botta), just west of the
Via Merulana
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, and this may be the better location.
[''Bullettino della Commissione Archeologica Comunale di Roma'' 1887:154‑156, 192‑200; 1888: 124‑125; ''Mitteilungen des Deutschen Archaeologischen Instituts, Romische Abteilung. Bullettino dell'Istituto archeologico germanico, Sezione romana'' 1889: 278; Jordan 353; Rosch. II.2989; Cons. 305‑312] Some
tuff
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walls, resembling ritual trenches known as ''favissae'' were also found there.
See also
*
List of Ancient Roman temples
This is a list of ancient Roman temples, built during antiquity by the people of ancient Rome or peoples belonging to the Roman Empire. Roman temples were dedicated to divinities from the Roman pantheon.
Substantial remains
Most of the b ...
References
External links
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Minerva
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Votive offering
Temples of Minerva
Destroyed temples
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