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==== Other temples in Rome ==== There were two temples in Rome dedicated to ''Iuppiter Stator''; [[Temple of Jupiter Stator (3rd century BC)|the first one]] was built and dedicated in 294 BC by [[Marcus Atilius Regulus]] after the third Samnite War. It was located on the ''Via Nova'', below the ''Porta Mugonia'', ancient entrance to the Palatine.<ref>{{harvp|Wissowa|1912|page=107}}; Livy X 36, 1 and 37, 15 f.</ref> Legend attributed its founding to Romulus.<ref>Livy I 12; Dionysius of Halicarnassus II 59; Ovid ''Fasti'' VI, 793; Cicero ''Catilinaria'' I 33.</ref> There may have been an earlier shrine ''([[Glossary of ancient Roman religion#fanum|fanum]])'', since the Jupiter cult is attested epigraphically.<ref>{{harvp|Wissowa|1912|page=107}}: CIL VI 434, 435; IX 3023, 4534; X59-4; also III 1089.</ref> [[Ovid]] places the temple's dedication on 27 June, but it is unclear whether this was the original date,{{sfnp|Wissowa|1912|page=198 & n. 1}} or the rededication after the restoration by Augustus.{{efn|Based on the tradition of dedicating Jovian temples on the [[Roman calendar#Months|Ides]]. This assumption is supported by the [[calendar of Philocalus]], which states on the Ides of January (13): ''Iovi Statori c(ircenses) m(issus) XXIV''.}} [[File:Weihealtar fΓΌr Jupiter.jpg|thumb|upright|right|Altar to Jupiter on the outskirts of legionary fortress, 2ndβ3rd century AD. Inscription: "Dedicated by L. Lollius Clarus for himself and his family"|alt=Narrow stone altar, with inscription]] [[Temple of Jupiter Stator (2nd century BC)|A second temple of ''Iuppiter Stator'']] was built and dedicated by Quintus Caecilus Metellus Macedonicus after his triumph in 146 BC near the [[Circus Flaminius]]. It was connected to [[Temple of Juno Regina (Campus Martius)|the restored temple of ''Iuno Regina'']] with a [[portico]] (''[[Porticus Octaviae|porticus Metelli]]'').<ref>{{harvp|Wissowa|1912|page=108}} and n. 1 citing Vitruvius ''De Architectura'' III 1, 5.</ref> Augustus constructed the [[Temple of Jupiter Tonans]] near that of Jupiter Capitolinus between 26 and 22 BC.<ref>{{cite book| last=Gros| first=Pierre| author-link=Pierre Gros| year=1997| chapter=Iuppiter Tonans| lang=fr| title=Lexicon Topographicum Urbis Romae| volume=3| editor-last=Steinby| editor-first=Eva Margareta| editor-link1=Margareta Steinby|publisher=Edizioni Quazar| place=Rome|isbn=978-88-7140-096-9| pages=159β160}}</ref> ''Iuppiter Victor'' had a temple dedicated by [[Quintus Fabius Maximus Gurges (consul 292 BC)|Quintus Fabius Maximus Gurges]] during the third Samnite War in 295 BC. It was probably on the Quirinal, on which an inscription reading ''Diovei Victore''<ref>CIL VI 438.</ref> has been found, but was eclipsed by the imperial period by the [[Temple of Jupiter Invictus]] on the Palatine, which was often referred to by the same name.<ref>{{cite book| last=Coarelli| first=Filippo |author-link=Filippo Coarelli| year=1997| chapter=Iuppiter Invictus| lang=it| title=Lexicon Topographicum Urbis Romae| volume=3| editor-last=Steinby| editor-first=Eva Margareta| editor-link1=Margareta Steinby|publisher=Edizioni Quazar| place=Rome|isbn=978-88-7140-096-9| page=143}}</ref> Inscriptions from the imperial age have revealed the existence of an otherwise-unknown temple of ''Iuppiter Propugnator'' on the Palatine.<ref>Protocols of a sacerdotal ''collegium'': {{harvp|Wissowa|1912}}, citing CIL VI 2004β2009.</ref>
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