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Sanctuary of Fortuna Primigenia

The Sanctuary of Fortuna Primigenia was a great temple complex of the goddess Fortuna at Praeneste, modern Palestrina, east of Rome. It was famous for an oracle in which lots were drawn, and in the late 2nd century BCE it was rebuilt as a series of monumental terraces climbing the hillside, one of the largest religious complexes of Roman Italy.

Sanctuary of Fortuna Primigenia
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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Sanctuary of Fortuna Primigenia. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/sanctuary-of-fortuna-primigenia
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“Sanctuary of Fortuna Primigenia.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/sanctuary-of-fortuna-primigenia. Accessed .
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