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 contemporary 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. ioi) and its
day of dedication was 11th January (Ov. loc. cit.; Fast. Ant. ap.
NS
1921, 85). The Volcanalia, 23rd August, were also celebrated in this
temple if Hiulsen's restoration of the calendar is correct (Fast. Arv. ad xi
Kal. 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).
