Temple of Fortuna Primigenia

It was founded in 204 BC by Publius Sempronius Tuditanus and dedicated to the goddess Fortuna Primigenia, the exact meaning of whose name is unclear.

[2] Sulla commissioned the monumentalisation of the sanctuary to give thanks to Fortuna and commemorate his victory over Gaius Marius, the Roman general and 7-time consul.

The inspiration for this feat of integrated urbanistic design lay not in republican Rome but in the Hellenistic monarchies of the eastern Mediterranean, such as the sanctuaries of Delos and Kos.

[4] This immense edifice, probably by far the largest sanctuary in Italy, must have presented a most imposing aspect, visible as it was from a great part of Latium, from Rome, and even from the sea.

The goddess Fortuna here went by the epithet of Primigenia (perhaps meaning "Original"), and was represented suckling two babes, as in the Christian representation of Charity, said to be Jupiter and Juno, and she was especially worshipped by matrons.