The Temple of Quirinus (Latin: ''Aedes Quirini'' or ''Templum Quirini'') was an ancient

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built on the western half of the

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near the Capitolium Vetus, on a site which now equates to the junction between Via del Quirinale and Via delle Quattro Fontane, beside Piazza Barberini.

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later built the Temple of the gens Flavia nearby. According to ancient authors, the temple of Quirinus was built and dedicated to

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(the deified form of

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) by the consul

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in 293 BC. Work was done on the temple in the early imperial period, and literary references are found until the 4th century AD. Fieldwork conducted by Andrea Carandini employed

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on the Quirinal Hill, revealing possible remains of the temple. Relief hartwig schema

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