, ▁des po iled ▁or ▁fragment ary ▁to ▁offer ▁firm ▁evidence ▁of ▁structure ▁and ▁layout , ▁but ▁the ▁remains ▁of ▁four ▁are ▁consistent ▁with ▁the ▁sparse ▁descri ptions ▁of ▁her ▁A vent ine ▁temple . ▁In ▁each , ▁a ▁per imeter ▁wall ▁surr ounds ▁a ▁dense ▁comp ound ▁of ▁an ne xes , ▁in ▁which ▁some ▁rooms ▁show ▁possible ▁use ▁as ▁disp ens aries . ▁The ▁layout ▁would ▁have ▁allowed ▁the ▁conce al ment ▁of ▁inner ▁cult s ▁or ▁myster ies ▁from ▁non - init i ates . ▁There ▁is ▁evidence ▁that ▁at ▁least ▁some ▁remained ▁in ▁use ▁to ▁the ▁ 4 th ▁century ▁AD ▁as ▁cult ic ▁he aling ▁cent res . ▁ ▁D edic ations ▁and ▁icon ography ▁Despite ▁the ▁exclus ively ▁female , ▁arist ocr atic ▁connections ▁of ▁her ▁winter ▁festival ▁at ▁Rome ▁and ▁her ▁high ▁status ▁as ▁a ▁protect ing ▁de ity ▁of ▁the ▁Roman ▁state , ▁el ite ▁dedic ations ▁to ▁B ona ▁De a ▁are ▁far ▁out number ed ▁by ▁the ▁personal ▁dedic ations ▁of ▁the ▁Roman ▁ple bs , ▁particularly ▁the ▁ingen ui ; ▁the ▁greatest ▁number ▁of ▁all ▁are ▁from ▁fre ed men ▁and ▁slaves ; ▁and ▁an ▁estimated ▁one - third ▁of ▁ ▁all ▁dedic ations ▁are ▁from ▁men , ▁one ▁of ▁whom , ▁a ▁provincial ▁Greek , ▁claims ▁to ▁be ▁a ▁priest ▁of ▁her ▁cult . ▁This ▁is ▁evidence ▁of ▁law ful ▁variation ▁– ▁at ▁least ▁in ▁the ▁Roman ▁provinces ▁– ▁from ▁what ▁almost ▁all ▁Roman ▁literary ▁sources ▁present ▁as ▁an ▁official ▁and