The remains of this are just inside the Porta Carmenta. It was founded
originally by the Greek settlers, and restored under the republic; the
construction agrees with this supposition, for here we have the two
different stones used in these periods, soft tufa and peperino.
"Upon the top of the hill they set apart a piece of ground, which they
dedicated to Victory, and instituted annual sacrifices to be offered
up to her also, which the Romans perform even in my time" (Dionysius,
i. 32), A.U.C. 458. "They carried the statue of Cybele into the Temple
of Victory on the Palatine Hill" (Livy, xxix. 14).
_Near this ruin, on the other side of the road, are the remains of_