Temple of Luna
The Temple of Luna was a small sanctuary on the Aventine in Rome , probably on the northernmost point of the Aventine, above the Porta Trigemina . The construction of the temple for Luna was generally attributed to Servius Tullius . However, the temple is first mentioned for the year 182 BC. In connection with the omens that have been handed down for this year, prodigia . At that time a heavy storm tore out the doors of the temple and hurled them against the back wall of the nearby Ceres temple . In 146 BC Lucius Mummius donated sound vessels , echeia , from the booty after the destruction of Corinth in the temple. 84 BC At the time Lucius Cornelius Cinna died, the temple was struck by lightning. The temple was destroyed in the great city fire in Nero's time and was not mentioned again afterwards. The day of his consecration was March 31st. Remnants of the temple have not been preserved and the exact location is not possible.
literature
- Werner Eisenhut : Luna 1. In: The Little Pauly (KlP). Volume 3, Stuttgart 1969, Col. 779 f.
- Samuel Ball Platner , Thomas Ashby : A Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome . Oxford University Press, London 1929, p. 320 ( online ).