Mater Matuta 7th-3rd C. BCE

"The Goddess had a temple in the Forum Boarium, next to the fluvial port of Rome, which sources report was consecrated even by Romulus, destroyed in 506 BCE and then rebuilt. Other sources trace it back to King Servius Tullius, and his feast fell on June 9, always the Matralia. Its temple was rediscovered under the church of S. Omobono in 1937. The oldest sanctuary of which the remains have been found dates back to the seventh century BCE.

A subsequent temple was rebuilt in the early sixth century BCE, rededicated in 530 BCE, and is believed to have been built by King Servius Tullius.

The Roman historian Tito Livio, in the first century BCE, says that following the capture of Veii in 396 BCE, Marco Furio Camillo had the temple rebuilt by vow (and at the same time had the temple of Fortune restored). Livy also reports that the temple burned down in 213 and was rebuilt the following year. Archaeological documentation tends to support literary sources."

-taken from romanoimpero link below


Mater Matuta 7th-3rd C. BCE.


Source:

https://www.artribune.com/tribnews/2015/06/villa-confiscata-camorra-mostra-opere-uffizi-casal-di-principe-rinascita/attachment/mater-matuta-capua-museo-provinciale/

 

Quote:

https://www.romanoimpero.com/2010/04/culto-della-mater-matuta.html

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