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February 06, 2007

Largo di Torre Argentina

Largoditorre Largo di Torre Argentina is a square in Rome hosting 4 Republican Roman temples, and the remains of Pompey's Theater. The temples were designated as A,B,C and D. A was built in the 3rd century BC, and is probably the Temple of Juturna, B was built in 101 BC, and was a temple devoted to the "Luck of the Current Day"; C was built in the 4th or 3rd century BC, probably devoted to Feronia the ancient Italic goddess of fertility; and D, the largest, was built around 2nd century BC, devoted to Lares Permarini.

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