Editing Quirinal Hill (section)

== History ==
According to Roman legend, the Quirinal Hill was the site of a small village of the [[Sabines]], and king [[Titus Tatius]] would have lived there after the peace between Romans and Sabines. These Sabines had erected [[altar]]s in the honour of their [[deity|god]] [[Quirinus]] (naming the hill by this god).{{Citation needed|date=October 2010}}

Tombs from the 8th century BC to the 7th century BC that confirm a likely presence of a Sabine settlement area have been discovered; on the hill, there was the tomb of Quirinus, which [[Lucius Papirius Cursor]] transformed into a [[Temple of Quirinus|temple]] for his [[Roman Triumph|triumph]] after the third [[Samnium|Samnite]] war. Some authors consider it possible that the cult of the [[Capitoline Triad]] ([[Jupiter (god)|Jove]], [[Minerva]], [[Juno (mythology)|Juno]]) could have been celebrated here well before it became associated with the [[Capitoline Hill]]. The sanctuary of [[Flora (goddess)|Flora]], an [[Osci|Osco]]-Sabine [[goddess]], was here too.<ref>{{cite journal | url=https://www.jstor.org/pss/3046006 | jstor=3046006 | title=Women on the Quirinal Hill: Patronage in Rome, 1560-1630 | last1=Valone | first1=Carolyn | journal=The Art Bulletin | date=1994 | volume=76 | issue=1 | pages=129–146 | doi=10.2307/3046006 }}</ref>

According to [[Livy]], the hill first became part of the city of Rome, along with the [[Viminal Hill]], during the reign of [[Servius Tullius]], Rome' sixth king, in the 6th century BC.<ref>[[Livy]], [[Ab urbe condita (book)|Ab urbe condita]], 1.44</ref>

In 446 BC, a temple was dedicated on the Quirinal in honour of [[Sancus]], and it is possible that this temple was erected over the ruins of another temple. [[Augustus]], too, ordered the building of a temple, dedicated to [[Mars (god)|Mars]]. On a slope of the Quirinal were the extensive [[gardens of Sallust]].

On the Quirinal Hill [[Constantine the Great]] ordered the erection of [[Baths of Constantine (Rome)|his baths]], the last ''[[thermae]]'' complex erected in [[Roman Empire|imperial Rome]]. These are now lost, having been incorporated into Renaissance Rome, with only some drawings from the 16th century remaining.

In the [[Middle Ages]], the [[Torre delle Milizie]] and the convent of St. Peter and Domenic were built, and above Constantine's building was erected the [[Palazzo Pallavicini-Rospigliosi]]; the two famous colossal marble statues of the [[Horse Tamers]], generally identified as the [[Dioscuri]] with horses, which now are in the Piazza Quirinale, were originally in this palazzo. They gave to the Quirinal its medieval name '''Monte Cavallo''', which lingered into the 19th century, when the hill was transformed beyond all recognition by urbanization of an expanding capital of a united Italy. In the same palazzo were also the two statues of river gods that [[Michelangelo]] moved to the steps of [[Capitoline Hill#Palazzo Senatorio|Palazzo Senatorio on the Capitoline Hill]].

According to the political division of the center of Rome, the Hill belongs to the [[Rioni of Rome|rione]] [[Trevi (rione of Rome)|Trevi]].