A fourth cult site for Felicitas in Rome had been planned by Caesar, and possibly begun before his death. Work on the temple was finished by Lepidus on the site of the Curia Hostilia, which had been restored by Sulla, destroyed by fire in 52 BC,During the riots that broke out during the funeral of Publius Clodius Pulcher. and demolished by Caesar in 44 BC.Cassius Dio 44.5.2, with Dio's conjectures about the motivations and rivalries involved (on which see also Richardson, A New Topographical Dictionary, pp. 102–103). This temple seems not to have existed by the time of Hadrian. Its site probably lies under the church of Santi Luca e Martina.Richardson, A New Topographical Dictionary, p. 150. It has been suggested that an Ionic capital and a tufa wall uncovered at the site are the only known remains of the temple.Clark, Divine Qualities, pp. 232–232, summarizing the view of Tortorici (1991), pp. 56–61.
A fourth cult site for Felicitas in Rome had been planned by Caesar, and possibly begun before his death. Work on the temple was finished by Lepidus on the site of the Curia Hostilia, which had been restored by Sulla, destroyed by fire in 52 BC,During the riots that broke out during the funeral of Publius Clodius Pulcher. and demolished by Caesar in 44 BC.Cassius Dio 44.5.2, with Dio's conjectures about the motivations and rivalries involved (on which see also Richardson, A New Topographical Dictionary pp. 102–103). This temple seems not to have existed by the time of Hadrian. Its site probably lies under the church of Santi Luca e Martina.Richardson, A New Topographical Dictionary, p. 150. It has been suggested that an Ionic capital and a tufa wall uncovered at the site are the only known remains of the temple.Clark, Divine Qualities, pp. 232–232, summarizing the view of Tortorici (1991), pp. 56–61.