Palatua

Topics in Roman mythology
Major gods
Jupiter Minerva
Mars Mercury
Quirinus Vulcan
Vesta Ceres
Juno Venus
Fortuna Lares
Topics
Roman Kingdom
Religion in ancient Rome
Flamens
Roman, Greek, and Etruscan mythologies compared
Other minor Roman deities
Penates Lemures
Genius Manes
Terminus

Palatua was a Roman goddess who was provided an official priest or flamen, the Flamen Palatualis, and was charged with guarding the Palatine Hill. Aside from this little else is known about her, and it is a safe assumption that her cult, like those of Falacer or Volturnus, had diminished during the late republican period, and that by the beginning of the Empire there were few, if any, followers aside from the flamen.


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