Aedes Tensarum Explained

41.8933°N 12.4831°WAedes Tensarum (also referred to as Aedes Thensarum, Thensarium or Tensarium Vetus) was a small temple located in area Capitolina^[1] on the Capitoline Hill of ancient Rome that is only attested in a military diploma.^[2]

This small temple was used as a storehouse where the chariots that carried the exuviae (sacred representations) of divinities were kept.^{[3] [4] [5]}

External links

• 'Aedes Tensarum' at Rome Reborn

Notes and References

1. C. Pisani Sartorio, “Aedes Thensarum, Thensarium Vetus,” Lexicon Topographicum Urbis Romae, ed. E.M. Steinby, vol. 1 (Rome, 1999) 17.
2. CIL 16,30 http://db.edcs.eu/epigr/epi_einzel_de.php?p_belegstelle=CIL+16%2C+00030&r_sortierung=Belegstelle
3. Book: L. Richardson, jr . Lawrence Richardson, Jr. . A New Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome. 1 October 1992. JHU Press. 978-0-8018-4300-6. 2–.
4. [Festus (historian)|Festus]
5. [Suetonius|Suet]