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IUPPITER VIMINUS—IUVENTAS
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Iuppiter Viminus, ara : an ancient altar on the Viminal, dedicated to
Jupiter as the tutelary divinity of this hill (Varro, LL v. 51 ; Fest. 376).
Nothing more is known of it (ITJ 373 ; Jord. ii. 261-262 ; Rosch. ii. 635 ;
Gilb. i. 270-272).
Iuturna, lacus : see Lacus Iuturnae.
Iuturna, templum : the first temple of this goddess in Rome, was built by
Q. Lutatius Catulus in the campus Martius (Serv. Aen. xii. 139). This
was probably the victor in the First Punic War rather than the con-
temporary of Sulla and builder of the Tabularium. The temple stood
near the spot where the later aqua Virgo ended (Ov. Fast. i. 463), that
is, the north side of the Saepta, the modern Piazza di S. Ignazio (cf.
however, LS iii. 124), and there is not the least possibility that a
reminiscence of this cult of the water-goddess may be preserved in the
name of the church of S. Maria in Aquiro,1 a little farther north in the
Piazza Capranica (Bull. d. Inst. 1871, 136-145; HCh 310). Cicero
speaks of gilded statues being set up in this temple (pro Clu. 101) and its
day of dedication was nth January (Ov. loc. cit. ; Fast. Ant. ap. NS
1921, 85). The Volcanalia, 23rd August, were also celebrated in this
temple if Hulsen’s restoration of the calendar is correct (Fast. Arv. ad xi
Kai. Sept., CIL i2. p. 215, 326 ; HJ 482). The identification of this temple
with that of the Nymphs (q.v.), which was undoubtedly near by, seems to
be without proof (Rosch. ii. 763 ; WR 223, 234 ; Gilb. iii. 163).
Iuventas, aedes : a temple of Iuventas (Hebe) vowed by M. Livius
Salinator on the day of the battle of the Metaurus in 207 b.c., begun by
him when censor in 204, and dedicated by C. Licinius Lucullus in 193
(Liv. xxxvi. 36. 5-6). It was burned in 16 b.c. (Cass. Dio liv. 19. 7 :
το της Νεότατος μεγαρον) and restored by Augustus (Mon. Anc. iv. 8
= Grk. x. 12 : ναός Νεότατος). It is possible that in later times the
Roman youth on assuming the toga virilis made their offerings in this
temple, although this custom was assigned by Lucius Piso to Servius
Tullius (Dionys. iv. 15. 5), and the early offerings were made at the shrine
of Iuventas on the Capitol. This temple was ‘ in circo Maximo ’ (Liv. loc.
cit.) and near that of Summanus (Plin. NH xxix. 57), therefore probably
on the Aventine side, towards the west end of the circus (HJ 119 ;
Rosch. ii. 765 ; Gilb. iii. 93 ; WR 136).
Iuventas, aedicula (βωμός, Dionys.) : a shrine within the cella of Minerva
in the temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus (Plin. NH xxxv. 108 ; Dionys.
iii. 69). According to tradition Iuventas, as well as Terminus, had
refused to allow her cult, already established there, to be removed from
its site when the temple of Jupiter was built, and therefore it was pre-
served within that structure (Liv. v. 54. 7 ; Flor. i. 1.7 ; Dionys. loc. cit. ;
Aug. de civ. dei iv. 23). The introduction of Iuventas into this legend
1 The older form of the name is ' a Cyro,’ which is probably that of the founder.
308
Iuppiter Viminus, ara : an ancient altar on the Viminal, dedicated to
Jupiter as the tutelary divinity of this hill (Varro, LL v. 51 ; Fest. 376).
Nothing more is known of it (ITJ 373 ; Jord. ii. 261-262 ; Rosch. ii. 635 ;
Gilb. i. 270-272).
Iuturna, lacus : see Lacus Iuturnae.
Iuturna, templum : the first temple of this goddess in Rome, was built by
Q. Lutatius Catulus in the campus Martius (Serv. Aen. xii. 139). This
was probably the victor in the First Punic War rather than the con-
temporary of Sulla and builder of the Tabularium. The temple stood
near the spot where the later aqua Virgo ended (Ov. Fast. i. 463), that
is, the north side of the Saepta, the modern Piazza di S. Ignazio (cf.
however, LS iii. 124), and there is not the least possibility that a
reminiscence of this cult of the water-goddess may be preserved in the
name of the church of S. Maria in Aquiro,1 a little farther north in the
Piazza Capranica (Bull. d. Inst. 1871, 136-145; HCh 310). Cicero
speaks of gilded statues being set up in this temple (pro Clu. 101) and its
day of dedication was nth January (Ov. loc. cit. ; Fast. Ant. ap. NS
1921, 85). The Volcanalia, 23rd August, were also celebrated in this
temple if Hulsen’s restoration of the calendar is correct (Fast. Arv. ad xi
Kai. Sept., CIL i2. p. 215, 326 ; HJ 482). The identification of this temple
with that of the Nymphs (q.v.), which was undoubtedly near by, seems to
be without proof (Rosch. ii. 763 ; WR 223, 234 ; Gilb. iii. 163).
Iuventas, aedes : a temple of Iuventas (Hebe) vowed by M. Livius
Salinator on the day of the battle of the Metaurus in 207 b.c., begun by
him when censor in 204, and dedicated by C. Licinius Lucullus in 193
(Liv. xxxvi. 36. 5-6). It was burned in 16 b.c. (Cass. Dio liv. 19. 7 :
το της Νεότατος μεγαρον) and restored by Augustus (Mon. Anc. iv. 8
= Grk. x. 12 : ναός Νεότατος). It is possible that in later times the
Roman youth on assuming the toga virilis made their offerings in this
temple, although this custom was assigned by Lucius Piso to Servius
Tullius (Dionys. iv. 15. 5), and the early offerings were made at the shrine
of Iuventas on the Capitol. This temple was ‘ in circo Maximo ’ (Liv. loc.
cit.) and near that of Summanus (Plin. NH xxix. 57), therefore probably
on the Aventine side, towards the west end of the circus (HJ 119 ;
Rosch. ii. 765 ; Gilb. iii. 93 ; WR 136).
Iuventas, aedicula (βωμός, Dionys.) : a shrine within the cella of Minerva
in the temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus (Plin. NH xxxv. 108 ; Dionys.
iii. 69). According to tradition Iuventas, as well as Terminus, had
refused to allow her cult, already established there, to be removed from
its site when the temple of Jupiter was built, and therefore it was pre-
served within that structure (Liv. v. 54. 7 ; Flor. i. 1.7 ; Dionys. loc. cit. ;
Aug. de civ. dei iv. 23). The introduction of Iuventas into this legend
1 The older form of the name is ' a Cyro,’ which is probably that of the founder.