41°53′36″N 12°28′59″E / 41.89333°N 12.48306°E Aedes Tensarum (also referred to as Aedes Thensarum, Thensarium or Tensarium Vetus) was a small temple located in area Capitolina[1] on the Capitoline Hill of ancient Rome that is only attested in a military diploma.[2]
This small temple was used as a storehouse where the chariots that carried the exuviae (sacred representations) of divinities were kept.[3][4][5]
References
- ^ C. Pisani Sartorio, “Aedes Thensarum, Thensarium Vetus,” Lexicon Topographicum Urbis Romae, ed. E.M. Steinby, vol. 1 (Rome, 1999) 17.
- ^ CIL 16,30 http://db.edcs.eu/epigr/epi_einzel_de.php?p_belegstelle=CIL+16%2C+00030&r_sortierung=Belegstelle
- ^ L. Richardson, jr (1 October 1992). A New Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome. JHU Press. pp. 2–. ISBN 978-0-8018-4300-6.
- ^ Festus 500-501L
- ^ Suet. Vesp. 5
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