VENUS (LIBITINA), TEMPLUM
a temple of Venus with whom Libitina had been identified, in the LUCUS LIBITINAE (q.v.) on the Esquiline. The date of its erection is not known, but its day of dedication was 19th August, the Vinalia rustica (Fest. 265; Plut. q. Rom. 23:θησουρὸν τῆς ᾿Αφροδίτης; HJ 260; WR 289; Rosch. ii. 2034-2035).