FEBRIS, TEMPLUM
According to Valerius Maximus (ii. 5. 6) there were
three temples of Febris in Rome: (1) in area MARIANORUM MONUMENTORUM (q.v.), of which the site is uncertain and nothing further is known
(
Jord. i. 2. 44-45 ;
Gilb. iii. 98-99;
RE vi. 2095-2096).
(2) at the highest point of the vicus Longus on the Quirinal (HJ 418;
Gilb., RE locc. cit.).
(3) on the Palatine. Besides templum (Val. Max. loc. cit.; August.
de civ. dei iii. 25;
iv. 15), this shrine was called aedes (Theodor. Priscian.
iii. p. 250, Rose), fanum (Cic. de nat. deor. iii. 63; Sen. Apoc. 6; Plin. NI-I
ii. 16),
νεὼς καὶ βωμός (Ael. v.h. xii. I :
οἱ Ῥωμαῖοι ὑπὸ τῷ λόφῳ τῷ Παλλαντίῳ Πυρετοῦ καὶ νεὼν καὶ βωμὸν ἱδρύσαντο), and Cicero mentions
(de leg. ii. 28) the '
ara vetusta in Palatio Febris,' and testifies to the
antiquity of the cult. There is no doubt that these passages all refer to
the temple on the Palatine, although some have no indication of site,
but nothing more is known of the history of the structure or of its
exact location (HJ 45 ; WR 245, 246;
Gilb. iii. 62 ;
RE vi. 2095-2096).
