Today it is Dies Comitialis – almost the same as Dies FASTI, but these days are reserved for public gatherings of Romans – comitia. So, if your local community is going to appoint a gathering to discuss certain matters and make decisions – these days are just perfect for that!
It is the 5th day before Kalendae Quinctiles.
It is the B nundial day, the day before Nundinae – the market day of this year.
Today the Temple of Jupiter Stator (“Jupiter the Sustainer”) was dedicated. The temple was located in the southern Campus Martius. It was destroyed in 64 AD in the Great Fire of Rome. The Temple was named after the god Jupiter, in his form of Jupiter Stator (Jupiter the Sustainer). Together with the Temple of Juno Regina (Juno in the form of “Queen Juno”) and the enclosing Porticus Metelli (later rebuilt as the Porticus Octaviae), it was built by Quintus Caecilius Metellus Macedonicus after his triumph, in 146 BC. It is referred to as aedes Iovis Metellina and aedes Metelli. It was inside the porticus Metelli, close to the Circus Flaminius, and its exact site is known to have been beneath the church of Santa Maria in Campitelli. The Temple of Juno Regina was just west of it, on the opposite side of the Via della Tribuna di Campitelli. It is not stated in explicitly by Velleius that Metellus built both temples, but that is the natural inference from the passage. He is also said to have been the first to build a temple in Rome entirely of marble, and which probably applies to both structures. In front of the temples Metellus placed Lysippus’ equestrian statues of Alexander the Great’s generals, and in them were several famous works of art.
