 The Senate met at the Temple when discussing war and the victorious generals dedicated their spoils from their triumphs to Mars at the altar.Arms or booty recovered from battle were often stored in the Forum as well.Another use that Augustus made of the Temple was to store the standards taken by the Parthians from Crassus during his failed campaign, after their retrieval through Augustus' diplomacy in 20 BC, as depicted by the Augustus of Prima Porta.