Roman Calendar - July 30: Dies natalis for the temple of Fortuna Huiusce Diei ( ~ Today’s Fortune,
Roman Calendar - July 30: Dies natalis for the temple of Fortuna Huiusce Diei ( ~ Today’s Fortune, The Fortune of this day)The temple was vowed by proconsul Quintus Lutatius Catulus at the battle of Vercellae in 101 BCE. Roman army managed to beat invading Cimbri forces and procunsul kept his word since a circular temple was built on Largo Argentina.Pics 1-3, my photos; Rome July 2015, October 2007 and July 2012Pic 4: Giant marble head of goddess dating back to late 2nd or early 1st century BCE. Attributed to Greek Sculptor Skopas Minor who lived in Rome. Discovered in 1925 from Area Sacra Largo Argentina and currently at Centrale Montemartini Museum. Wikimedia Commons; photographed by Flanker. Attribution: Capitoline Museums / CC BY (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0) -- source link
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