Editing Juturna (section)

==Mythology==
Juturna was an ancient Latin deity of fountains,<ref>J E Sandys, ''A Dictionary of Classical Antiquities'' (London 1892) p. 340</ref> who in some myths was turned by [[Jupiter (mythology)|Jupiter]] into a water [[nymph]] – a [[Naiad]] – and given by him a sacred well in [[Lavinium]], [[Latium]],<ref>J E Sandys, ''A Dictionary of Classical Antiquities'' (London 1892) p. 340</ref> as well as another one near the temple to [[Vesta (god)|Vesta]] in the [[Forum Romanum]].  Her original home was said to be on the mythological river [[Numicus|Numicius]].<ref name=":0" />

[[File:Iuturna-fountain-denarius-96bc.jpg|thumb|[[Denarius]] issued in 96&nbsp;BC with Castor and Pollux watering their horses at the fountain of Juturna, and the laureate head of [[Apollo]] on the [[obverse]]]]
The pool next to the second well in the Roman Forum (Rome) was called [[Lacus Juturnae]]. A local water nymph or river-god generally presides over a single body of water, but Juturna has broader powers which probably reflect her original importance in Latium, where she had temples in Rome and Lavinium, a cult of healthful waters at Ardea, and the fountain/well next to the lake in the Roman forum. It was here in Roman legend that the deities [[Castor and Pollux]] watered their horses after bringing news of the Roman victory at the [[Battle of Lake Regillus]] in 496 BC (Valerius Maximus, I.8.1; Plutarch, Life of Aemilius Paulus, 25.2, Life of Coriolanus, 3.4).

A temple was erected in her honour after the [[First Punic War|first Punic war]].<ref name=":0" />