Sanctuary of Diana Nemorensis
Lakeside sanctuary of Diana at Nemi in the Alban Hills; site of the yearly Nemoralia torch festival held on the Ides of August.
Dated events and their evidence
- 600 BCE mainstream
worship of Diana at Nemi flourishes; Nemoralia festival held yearly on the Ides of August source - 300 BCE mainstream
temple built, noted by Vitruvius as archaic 'Etruscan' in form source - 43 BCE mainstream
latest dated evidence of the cult image (coinage) source - 150 CE mainstream
peak of activity: theatre, baths, mass pilgrimage (1st-2nd c. AD) source
Where
41.7244° N, 12.7092° E
Sources
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