god
Tellus
The Earth goddess; her temple stood on the Carinae, on the site where Spurius Cassius's razed house had stood.
Reading notes
- The History of Rome, Book 2 §41 Tellus
The Earth goddess, whose temple stood on the ground where Cassius's house was razed.
- The History of Rome, Book 8 §6 Mother Earth
Tellus, the Earth-goddess, joined with the Manes as recipient of the devotio.
- The History of Rome, Book 10 §28 Tellus
Mother Earth, one of the chthonic powers to whom the devoted general consigned himself and the enemy.