Temple of Venus Erycina (Capitoline Hill)

The Temple of Venus Erycina (Latin: Aedes Veneris Erycinae) was a temple on the Capitoline Hill in Ancient Rome dedicated to Venus Erycina.

The Temple of Venus Erycina on the Capitoline Hill was built by the dictator Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus.

He was appointed dictator after the disastrous Battle of Trasimeno in 217 BC and promised this temple to Venus after consulting the Sibylline Books, hoping thereby to reverse his fate.

[citation needed] The temple was inaugurated in 215 BC.

Livia Orestilla had Germanicus dedicated in the temple.

Map of Rome showing the two temples of Venus Erycina