The Legend Of The Dioscuri In The Roman Forum

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This article, written by Stefano Rebeggiani, discusses about how the legend of the Dioscuri in the Roman Forum has a connection with Virgil's book called the "Aeneid" and the battle of Lake Regillus. Rebeggiani gives a little bit of background into how some scholars perceive the two connections. Rebeggiani said that "by the time the Aeneid was completed, the Forum Augustum only existed in the mind of its architects" (Rebeggiani, 54). Rebeggiani later discusses about the history of the Aedes Castorum and the Battle of Lake Regillus. The Aedes Castorium is creation began in 509 B.C. when King Tarquinius tried to recapture Rome since he was driven out by the Romans (Rebeggiani, 54). When King Tarquinius called upon his Etruscan and Latin allies to fight the Romans and two years later the battle between Tarquinius and the Romans began (Rebeggiani, 54). …show more content…

After the battle an architect named Aulus Postumius built a temple in honor of the Dioscuri which will be later known as the Aedes Castorum (Rebeggiani, 55). This specific building was important to the Romans because it was, according to Rebeggiani, "perceived as a symbol of republican institutions" (Rebeggiani, 55). The Dioscuri were so respected that many Roman figures tried to link their victories with the battle of Lake Regillus . There was a story about a general named Marcius Tremulus who was given an equestrian statue in front of the temple to compare his victory over the Samnites in 305

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