ProQuest Dissertations - Historia Antigua

was great excitement; most people regarded it as a most alarming omen. (Trans.Roberts)That Flaminius still observed a religious sacrifice at Ariminum suggests that there was analtar to Jupiter there, which Flaminius deemed a suitable substitute for the CapitolineTemple in Rome. Although this passage is not conclusive evidence that there was a cultto Jupiter in Ariminum, we can infer that an acceptable (to Flaminius' mind) alternativeto the Capitoline Temple was available, most likely an altar to Jupiter. Alternatively, hecould have used a field altar (see Chapter 3 pp. 135-136).The other two locations of temples to Jupiter given by Livy are less conjectural.Livy twice mentions that lightning struck the temple of Jupiter in Minturnae, implyingthat there was indeed such a structure. The strikes took place in 207 BCE and in 191BCE. Livy reports the first strike as affecting both the temple of Jupiter and the grove ofMarica, which was at the mouth of the river. 119Guidobaldi suggests that this means theoriginal temple was outside of the castrum of the original colony, although she admits thelocation is far from certain.After the first strike, the colonists rebuilt the temple,perhaps moving it inside the city. Livy's second notice of a lightning strike mentions thatthe temple and the booths in the forum were struck.Inscriptions reading fulgur havebeen found in the forum, confirming the location of at least the second temple. 122Finally, in 174 BCE, Q. Fulvius Flaccus, censor, let a contract for a temple toJupiter at Pisaurum using colonial funds. The pertinent passage of Livy is corrupted:119 Livy 27.37.2-3120 Guidobaldi and Pesando (1989), p. 39.121 Livy 36.37.3.122 ILLRPpp. 31-35. Guidobaldi and Pesando (1989), pp. 39 and 51-52. Guidobaldi remains cautiousabout the exact date of the inscriptions as they could belong to any lightning strike. Livy records anothersuch portent for 169 BCE (43.13).225