Vatican Hill
A shrine on the right bank of the River Tiber, near the racecourse of Caligula (Gaianum), known from several inscriptions on fragmentary marble altars, dating from 305 to 390 A.D., all but one of which were found under the façade of S. Peter's in 1609. This shrine is probably the Frigianum (Phrygianum) of the Not. If an inscription on an altar at Lyon of the time of Hadrian refers to this shrine, it would indicate that this was an important regilous centre.
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