Temple of Magna Mater

sanctuary · 200 BC – 300 AD

The Temple of Magna Mater, also known as the Temple of Cybele, was dedicated near the Clivus Victoriae on the Palatine Hill on 11 April 191 BCE. The original temple was destroyed by fire in 111 BCE. Following another series of destructive fires, Augustus restored the temple, as he records in his Res Gestae Divi Augusti.

Temple of Magna Mater
Coordinates
41.88949, 12.48498
Also known as
Aedes Matris Magnae (la), Magna Mater, aedes (la), Tempio della Magna Mater (it), Temple of Cybele (Palatine) (en), Temple of Cybele (Palatine) (en)
Dating
attested

Sources

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