Samuel Ball Platner, Thomas Ashby, A Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome, HERCULES FUNDAN(I)US, TEMPLUM

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HERCULES FUNDAN(I)US, TEMPLUM

a temple of Hercules which is believed by some (Hilsen, Nomenclator; Richter 290) to have been in Rome (cf. LACUS FUNDANI), because of an inscription (CIL vi. 311: Herculi Fundanio (sic) Ti. Claudius Habitus libens votum solvit) which is reported to have been found in the city. Others (RE viii. 585 ; Rosch. i. 3007） place it in Fundi (cf. HERCULES TIBURTINUS). The literary references (Hist. Aug. Tac. 17. 2: vinum quo libaturus Tacitus fuerat in templo Herculis Fundani subito purpureum factum est, taken (SHA 1916, 7 A, 13) from Porphyr. ad Hor. Ep. i. I. 4: Veian(i)us nobilis gladiator post multas palmas consecratis Herculi Fundano armis suis in agellum se contulit) can be explained on either hypothesis, but it seems reasonable to assume a shrine in Rome.

A Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome. Samuel Ball Platner. Thomas Ashby. London: Humphrey Milford. Oxford University Press. 1929.

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