Lacus Juturnae
 The aedicula and marble altar of the Lacus Iuturnae. | |
   Lacus Iuturnae Shown within Rome | |
| Location | Regione VIII Forum Romanum |
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| Coordinates | 41°53′31″N 12°29′9″E / 41.89194°N 12.48583°E |
| Type | fountain |
The Lacus Iuturnae, or Lacus Juturnae or Spring of
The site was initially excavated by Giacomo Boni in the early twentieth century. Excavations from the 1980s onwards were supervised by Eva Margareta Steinby.[2]
Legends
The shrine marks a place where Roman legend claims the divine twins Castor and Pollux stopped to water their horses while passing through the city, and where they announced Roman victory at the Battle of Lake Regillus, 495 BC. During the Roman Empire, when another spring in the city had dried up, the Vestal Virgins used this spring to supply water for their religious ceremonies. The water at the Lacus Iuturnae was thought to have healing properties. The elderly and infirm would go to the spring with offerings in order to secure the assistance of Juturna in curing their malady.[6]
References
- ^ Becker, J. (2019-08-20). "Places: 707467453 (Lacus Iuturnae)". Pleiades. Retrieved August 20, 2019.
- ^ ISBN 978-88-7813-193-4.
- ISBN 978-88-7140-477-6.
- ^ Eva Margareta Steinby, "Lacus Iuturnae" in Lexicon Topographicum Urbis Romae. Edizioni Quasar, 1993. B000TGC41S
- ^ Ernest Nash (1968). Pictorial Dictionary of Ancient Rome. Thames and Hudson.
- ISBN 978-0-8014-1402-2.
External links
- James Grout: Lacus Juturnae, part of the Encyclopædia Romana
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