Temple of Bona Dea
The temple of Bona Dea ( Latin also aedes Bonae Deae Subsaxanae ) was located on the northeastern slope of the Aventine in Rome , directly south of the eastern end of the Circus Maximus . It was exactly below the hill area called Saxum , which explains the epithet Subsaxana .
The temple of Bona Dea was probably built in the 3rd century BC. Built in BC. A restoration by Livia Drusilla , the wife of Augustus , has been confirmed, another has been handed down under Hadrian in the 2nd century AD. The temple, of which no traces have been preserved, stood until the 4th century. The area has been occupied by the church of Santa Balbina on the Aventine since the 5th century .
The temple of Bona Dea was a center of Roman healing art; tame snakes crawled around in it and medicinal herbs of all kinds were offered for sale in it. Men were strictly prohibited from entering the temple area. On May 1st, women celebrated the festival of Bona Dea in the temple.
literature
- Lawrence Richardson Jr .: A new topographical dictionary of ancient Rome . Thames and Hudson, London 1992, ISBN 0-8018-4300-6 , p. 59 sv Bona Dea .
- Samuel Ball Platner , Thomas Ashby : A Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome . Oxford University Press, London 1929, p. 85 ( online ).
- Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 1. Teubner, Leipzig 1890, Sp. 790-91 ( online ).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ovid , Fasti 5, 153; Notitia regionum urbis Romae XII.
- ^ Ovid, Fasti 5, 153.
- ↑ Historia Augusta 19.
- ↑ Macrobius , Saturnalia 1, 12, 25-26.
Coordinates: 41 ° 52 ′ 49.9 " N , 12 ° 29 ′ 13.4" E