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Regio
VII
Temple
of Fortuna Augusta
The building, constructed at the beginning of the first
century B.C., was seriously damaged by the earthquake of 62 A.D..
The staircase, interrupted by the altar at the bottom, was enclosed
with a low railing.
In front of the cell is an ample pronaos with marble
Corinthian columns; while at the end of the cell is a tabernacle with
four statue nooks, amongst which that of Augustus
and the inscription dedicated to the founder, Marcus
Tullius. The temple was dedicated to Augustus, who was
declared pater patrię in the
year 3 A.D.. As testified by some of the inscriptions, the priests of
the temple formed the College of Ministri
Fortunę Augusti and every year were under the obligation to
place a small statue in the chapel. On the cross-roads north of the
temple, at the entrance to Via
di Mercurio, there once stood a commemorative arch
surmounted by a bronze statue, of which many fragments have come to
light.
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