The Sacrum Cloacina was a small shrine dedicated to Venus Cloacina, patron divinity of the sewer, and was located near the Tabernae novae in the Forum Romanum. The foundation of the sacellum is extant while images of its likely elevation are found on Roman coins.
Shrine of Venus Cloacina
The Sacrum Cloacina was a small shrine dedicated to Venus Cloacina, patron divinity of the sewer, and was located near the Tabernae novae in the Forum Romanum. The foundation of the sacellum is extant while images of its likely elevation are found on Roman coins.
sacrum Cloacina
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extant remains
Venus
Pleiades
Van Essen 1956, 137-144
Wikipedia (German) Heiligtum der Venus Cloacina
Platner 1929 (Perseus) CLOACINA, SACRUM
Wikipedia (English) Shrine of Venus Cloacina
Arachne Schrein der Venus Cloacina am Forum Forum Romanum-Heiligtum der Venus Cloacina, Forum Romanum
Wikidata Q203959: Shrine of Venus Cloacina
Liv. (OCT: PHI) 3.48.5.1
ToposText Shrine of Venus Cloacina (Rome)
Hopkins 2012
Shrine of Venus Cloacina
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The Roman period (i.e., the early Roman Empire) in Greek and Roman history. For the purposes of Pleiades, this period is said to begin in the year 30 before the birth of Christ and to end in the year 300 after the birth of Christ. [[-30, 300]]
Roman, early Empire (30 BC-AD 300)
The Classical period in Greek and Roman history. For the purposes of Pleiades, this period is said to begin in the year 550 and end in the year 330 before the birth of Christ. [[-550, -330]]
Classical (Greco-Roman; 550 BC-330 BC)
Representative location based on OpenStreetMap
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The Hellenistic period in Greek history and the middle-to-late Republican period in Roman history. For the purposes of Pleiades, this period is said to begin in the year 330 and end in the year 30 before the birth of Christ. [[-330, -30]]
Hellenistic Greek, Roman Republic (330 BC-30 BC)
A shrine as defined by the Getty Art and Architecture Thesaurus term 300007558: "Structures or large furnishings in which devotion is paid to a statue, picture, saint, deity or other holy objects."
shrine
sacrum Cloacina
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