VENUS OBSEQUENS, AEDES
a temple built by Q. Fabius Maximus Gurges,
out of fines imposed on women convicted of adultery. It was begun in
295 B.C., and dedicated after the close of the third Samnite war (
Liv.
x. 31. 9; Serv.
Aen. i. 720:
dicitur etiam Obsequens Venus quam Fabius
Gurges post peractum bellum Samniticum hoc nomine consecravit, quod
sibi fuerit obsecuta). It was ad circum Maximum (Fast. Vail. ad xIv Kal.
Sept., CIL i'. p. 240, 325; Ant. ap.
NS 1921, 108; Liv. loc. cit.;
xxix. 37.
2;
xli. 27. 8 (?) ; Fest. 265), that is probably near the south-east end of
the circus on the Aventine side, near the shrine of Murcia. The day of
dedication was 19th August, the Vinalia rustica (Fast. Vail. loc. cit.;
Fest. 265). It is mentioned in the third century (Tert. de spect. 8;
HJ 114; WR 289; Pr.
Myth. i. 446).