Vulcan 's oldest shrine in Rome , called the `` Volcanal '' , was situated at the foot of the Capitoline in the Forum Romanum , and was reputed to date to the archaic period of the kings of Rome , ( 2 ) ( 3 ) and to have been established on the site by Titus Tatius , ( 4 ) the Sabine co-king , with a traditional date in the eighth century BC . Vulcan 's oldest shrine in Rome , called the Vulcanal , was situated at the foot of the Capitoline in the Forum Romanum , and was reputed to date to the archaic period of the kings of Rome , and to have been established on the site by Titus Tatius , the Sabine co-king , with a traditional date in the 8th century BC .