Editing Stata Mater (section)

==In the neighborhoods==

The cult of Stata Mater was centered on compital shrines of the ''vici'', and numerous inscriptions to her were made by the heads of neighborhood associations ''(vicomagistri)''.<ref>For instance, ''[[Inscriptiones Latinae Selectae|ILS]]'' 3306–9.</ref> Her popularity attests to the everpresent threat and danger of fire in metropolitan Rome. She is sometimes given the additional title ''[[Augusta (honorific)|Augusta]]'', perhaps in reference to the reorganization of the [[14 regions of Augustan Rome|regions of Rome under Augustus]] in 7 BC.<ref>Richardson, ''Topographical Dictionary,'' p. 428.</ref> One of the outcomes of this redistricting was to create local boards or neighborhood watches ''(vigiles)'' tasked with fire control, as a response to recent arson in the Forum. The dedications mark the success of local fire brigades in putting out fires.<ref>Lott, ''Neighborhoods of Augustan Rome'' pp. 3, 79, 98, 168.</ref> One pairs Stata Mater Augusta with Volcanus Quietus Augustus, "the 'Quieted' [[Vulcan (mythology)|Vulcan]] [[Augustus (honorific)|Augustus]]."<ref>Lott, ''Neighborhoods of Augustan Rome,'' p. x.</ref> Stata Mater is perhaps to be identified with the Fortuna Augusta Stata named in an inscription.<ref>''CIL'' 6.761 = ''ILS'' 3308; Richardson, ''Topographical Dictionary,'' p. 157.</ref> Her cultivation is an example of localized [[Imperial cult (ancient Rome)|Imperial cult]] under [[Augustus]].<ref>Lott, ''Neighborhoods of Augustan Rome,'' p. 166.</ref>

A ''Vicus Statae Matris'' ("Stata Mater's Neighborhood") was located on the [[Caelian Hill]],<ref>''[[Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum|CIL]]'' 6.36809.</ref> and a ''Vicus Statae Siccianae'' in the [[Transtiberim]].<ref>Richardson, ''Topographical Dictionary,'' p. 157.</ref>

[[Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher|W.H. Roscher]] places ''Stata mater'' among the ''[[indigitamenta]]'', the list of deities maintained by Roman priests to assure that the correct divinity was invoked for rituals.<ref>[[Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher|W.H. Roscher]], ''Ausführliches Lexikon der griechischen und römischen Mythologie'' (Leipzig: Teubner, 1890–94), vol. 2, pt. 1, p. 223.</ref>