Sacrum Cloacinae

Sacrum Cloacinae

Source

Freyberger

Timeline

  • Reign of Titus Tatius: Created?
  • 178 BCE: Burned in a fire

Physical evidence

  • Shrine to Venus and Cloacina in front of the Tabernae Novae
  • Likely where the Cloaca Maxima enters the Forum
  • An image depicts it as a circular balustrade barrier resting on a full pedestal with a staircase and an altar.

Literary sources

  • Liv. 3.48.5
  • Plau. Curc. 471 (earliest mention)
  • Plin. nat. 15.119