Temple of Diana on the Aventine (traditional foundation)

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The Temple of Diana on the Aventine was an important early Roman sanctuary traditionally linked to Rome’s regal period and associated with efforts to unify Latin communities under Roman religious authority.

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How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Roman temple ⓘ
sanctuary ⓘ
associatedWithDeityAspect Diana as huntress ⓘ
linked to: Diana the Huntress

Diana as protector of communities ⓘ
associatedWithHill Aventinus ⓘ
associatedWithInstitution Latin League (tradition) ⓘ
linked to: Latin League

Roman state religion ⓘ
linked to: Roman religion
associatedWithPeople Latins ⓘ
Romans ⓘ
associatedWithPeriod Roman Regal Period ⓘ
associatedWithRuler Servius Tullius ⓘ
cityContext early Rome ⓘ
cultContinuity Diana’s worship in Rome ⓘ
cultObject statue of Diana (tradition) ⓘ
cultType Latin federal cult ⓘ
dedicatedTo Diana ⓘ
function federal cult center ⓘ
religious sanctuary ⓘ
historicity partly legendary ⓘ
languageOfCult Latin ⓘ
linkedMythicallyTo Artemision at Ephesus ⓘ
linkedToTheme integration of non-Roman Italians into Roman cult ⓘ
use of religion for political consolidation ⓘ
locatedIn Italy ⓘ
Latium ⓘ
Rome ⓘ
locatedOn Aventine Hill ⓘ
mentionedBy Livy ⓘ
mentionedInWork Ab Urbe Condita ⓘ
linked to: Ab urbe condita
politicalSignificance instrument of Roman religious authority over Latin allies ⓘ
modelled on the federal sanctuary of Artemis at Ephesus (tradition) ⓘ
regionContext central Italy ⓘ
religiousFunction place of common vows by Latin communities ⓘ
site of shared sacrifices ⓘ
religiousRole symbol of Roman hegemony over Latins ⓘ
unification of Latin communities under Roman leadership ⓘ
roleInHistoriography evidence for early Roman-Latin religious cooperation ⓘ
example of Roman adaptation of Greek cult models ⓘ
status traditional foundation ⓘ
topographicalContext Aventine Hill sacred landscape ⓘ
traditionalFoundationDate 6th century BC ⓘ
traditionalFoundationType royal initiative ⓘ
traditionalFounder Servius Tullius ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Servius Tullius → associatedWith → Temple of Diana on the Aventine (traditional foundation) ⓘ
Regio XIII Aventinus → containedBuilding → Temple of Diana on the Aventine ⓘ
linked to: Temple of Diana on the Aventine (traditional foundation)