VORTUMNUS, AEDES
a temple in the Vicus
LORETI MAIORIS (q.v.) on the
Aventine (Fast. Amit. Allif. Vail. ad Id. Aug., CIL i.a p. 244, 217, 240, 325;
Fast. Ant. ap. NS 1921, io6), in which was a portrait of M. Fulvius
Flaccus in the robes of a triumphator (Fest. 209). As Vortumnus was a
deity of Volsinii, and Fulvius celebrated a triumph over the Volsinians
in 264 B.C. (CIL i.a p. 172), it is probable that the temple was built by him
at that time for the god who had been brought to Rome (
Prop. iv. 2. 3;
WR 233). The day of dedication was 13th August. The temple was
probably on the north-west part of the Aventine (HJ 162;
Gilb. iii.
445-446).