FECUNDITAS, TEMPLUM
a temple voted by the senate in 63 A.D. on the
occasion of the birth of the daughter of Nero and Poppaea (Tac.
Ann.
xv. 23). It is possible that there is a reference to offerings made to
Fecunditas at this time in the Acta of the Arval Brethren (
CIL vi.
2043. ii. 9). There is no certainty whatever that this temple was ever
built, although this is frequently assumed (
Rosch. i. 1471-1472; RE
vi. 2098;
Gilb. iii. 136; WR 336), in fact the contrary is far more
probable, as the child died within four months.