▁over ▁Rome ' s ▁religious ▁affairs , ▁and ▁over ▁the ▁V est als , ▁whose ▁presence ▁and ▁authority ▁he ▁consp ic u ously ▁promoted . ▁His ▁wife ▁Liv ia ▁was ▁a ▁distant ▁relative ▁of ▁the ▁long - de ad ▁but ▁still ▁not orious ▁Cl od ius ; ▁but ▁also ▁related ▁to ▁the ▁un fortun ate ▁V est al ▁Lic in ia , ▁whose ▁attempted ▁dedic ation ▁of ▁B ona ▁De a ' s ▁A vent ine ▁Temple ▁had ▁been ▁th wart ed ▁by ▁the ▁Senate . ▁Liv ia ▁restored ▁the ▁temple ▁and ▁rev ived ▁its ▁May ▁ 1 ▁festival , ▁perhaps ▁drawing ▁attention ▁away ▁from ▁her ▁dis re put able ▁k ins man ▁and ▁the ▁sc and alous ▁events ▁of ▁ 6 2 ▁BC . ▁There after , ▁B ona ▁De a ' s ▁December ▁festival ▁may ▁have ▁continued ▁quietly , ▁or ▁could ▁simply ▁have ▁la ps ed , ▁its ▁reputation ▁irre par ably ▁dam aged . ▁There ▁is ▁no ▁evidence ▁of ▁its ▁abol ition . ▁Liv ia ' s ▁name ▁did ▁not ▁and ▁could ▁not ▁appear ▁in ▁the ▁official ▁religious ▁cal end ars , ▁but ▁O vid ' s ▁Fast i ▁associ ates ▁her ▁with ▁May ▁ 1 , ▁and ▁presents ▁her ▁as ▁the ▁ideal ▁wife ▁and ▁" par agon ▁of ▁female ▁Roman ▁virtue ". ▁Most ▁of ▁B ona ▁De a ' s ▁provincial ▁and ▁municipal ▁san ctu aries ▁were ▁founded ▁around ▁this ▁time , ▁to ▁propag ate ▁the ▁new ▁Imperial ▁ide ology . ▁An ▁imperial ▁cult ▁centre ▁in ▁Aqu ile ia