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![]() ![]() 59-60), but no statue of the goddess herself (Ov. 250: penus vocatur intumus in aede Vestae tegetibusSaeptus Serv. cit.), which were kept in a secret recess called the penus Vestae (Fest. 297 see PORTA STERCORARIA), the Palladium brought by Aeneas from Troy (Ov. ![]() 153 : non augurio consecratum ne illuc conveniret senatus), although it was sometimes called templum by the poets (e.g. It was not an inaugurated templum ( Gell. 14), and said to have been built originally of wattles with a thatched roof (Ov. citt.), probably in imitation of the ancient Italic hut (Altm. It was a round, tholus-shaped, structure (Ov. It was, however, outside the Palatine pomerium, and cannot have antedated the second stage of the city’s growth. ![]() The building of this shrine was ascribed by some to Romulus, but wrongly according to the Roman antiquarians, who attributed it to Numa ( Dionys. ![]()
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