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Temple B

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: Jeffrey Becker

Contributors: Brady Kiesling, Tom Elliott

Last modified Jul 24, 2025 10:41 AM — History

A temple vowed by Q. Lutatius Catulus at the battle of Vercellae (30 June, 101 B.C.). The sanctuary is a tholos-type temple and was sometimes referred to as 'aedes Catuli'.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/635795593

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
41.895368608, 12.4768579043

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Representative Locations:
- OSM location of so-called "Temple B" (330 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Fortunae huiusce [d]iei in campo (Fortuna Huiusce Diei in Campo: Latin, 30 BC - AD 300)
- aedes Catuli (Latin, 30 BC - AD 300)
Associated Modern Names:
- Tempio B (Italian, AD 1900 - AD 2099)
- Temple B (English, AD 1900 - AD 2099)

Temple B makes connections with:

Temple B located at Campus Martius (unspecified date range)
Temple B located at Largo di Torre Argentina (unspecified date range)

Temple B receives connections from:

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Place type:
temple

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Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

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Suggested citation:
Jeffrey Becker, Brady Kiesling, and Tom Elliott, 'Temple B: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/635795593> [accessed: 09 February 2026]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/635795593 |title=Places: 635795593 (Temple B) |author=Becker, J. |accessdate=February 9, 2026 7:29 am |publisher=Pleiades}}

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