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Temple of Jupiter Stator (3rd century BC)

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stands. His line of reasoning is based on the course of the Via Sacra before the construction of the Basilica of Maxentius, the known borders of the ancient administrative regions of the city and the literary sources listing the monuments in each region. The location near the Arch of Titus does not
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in 294 BC, but they miraculously turned around, regrouped and held their ground against the enemy. Some scholars believe that the story of the earlier foundation by Romulus was a later pseudo-tradition. Livy himself (10.37.15) explains that the earlier temple was merely a
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on the northern slope of the Palatine Hill. When a medieval tower was demolished in 1827, the ruins of an ancient building appeared, and the remains are frequently identified as the foundations of the temple.
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fit since it is in the wrong administrative region and not in the right position relative to the other buildings listed by ancient writers, but the Temple of Romulus on the Via Sacra is a perfect match.
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in Romulus's prayer to Jupiter made at the moment when Romulus vowed to build a temple: "Take away the Romans' terror, and stay their disgraceful fleeing (
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took place in the Forum area between the Romans and Sabines. The Romans under Romulus had been forced to retreat uphill on the
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On November 8, 63 BC, it was in this temple, close to the Palatine Hill, that the senate convened to hear the consul
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6.794) mentions the temple of Stator "which Romulus once founded in front of the mouth of the Palatine Hill" (
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Livy states that the temple was located near the royal palace at the time of the death of
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3.1.31) has two possible meanings, one "stander, attendant" from the intransitive verb
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Wiseman, T.P. 2017. "Iuppiter Stator in Palatio. A New Solution to an Old Puzzle."
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Ziółkowski, Adam. 1989. “The Sacra Via and the Temple of Iuppiter Stator.”
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Tomei, Maria Antonietta. 1993. “Sul tempio di Giove Statore al Palatino.”
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Ovid's (Mis)Guided Tour of Rome: Some Purposeful Omissions in "Tr." 3.1
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3.1.31–2; Livy 1.41.4; Appian BC 2.11; cf. Huskey (2006), pp. 19. 25.
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translates it as "one who establishes or upholds", Lewis and Short's
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Dionysius of Halicarnassus 2.50; Livy 1.12.3–6; cf. Exil. 24; Ovid
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There is a fair amount of consensus on a location just besides the
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Written sources locate the temple just in front of the gate of the
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templum Iovī Statōrī vovet, sī cōnstitisset ā fugā Rōmāna aciēs
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In Livy 10.36.11 the same story is told about the consul
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Temple of Jupiter Stator (8th century BC)
Temple of Jupiter Stator (2nd century BC)

Temple of Jupiter Stator is located in Rome
41°53′31″N 12°29′15″E / 41.8920°N 12.4874°E / 41.8920; 12.4874
Palatine Hill
Rome
Romulus
Sabines
Battle of the Lacus Curtius
Via Sacra
Jupiter
Marcus Atilius Regulus
Samnites
Marcus Tullius Cicero
Catiline Orations
Lucius Catilina
Second Philippic
Mark Antony
Great Fire of Rome
Palatine Hill
Lucius Tarquinius Priscus
Tanaquil
Arch of Titus
Filippo Coarelli
Temple of Antoninus and Faustina
Basilica of Maxentius
Temple of Romulus
List of Ancient Roman temples
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