<p>Cult site of the ancient Roman divinity, Carna, vowed by L. Iunius Brutus on the *Caelian the year the Tarquins were expelled (Macrob., <i>Sat</i>. 1.12.31: <i>sacrum</i>; Tert., <i>Ad nat</i>. 2.9.7: <i>fanum</i>; Palombi). Its exact location and architectural form remain unknown, though the terms <i>fanum</i> and <i>sacrum</i> suggest that her shrine may have been only a modest enclosure (Richardson; contra, Platner–Ashby, who suggest a temple). Tertullian relates that the altars of deities brought to Rome were set up <i>ad fanum Carnae</i>, ‘at the cult site of Carna’ (<i>loc. cit.</i>); for this reason, Colini suggests that the shrine was extra-pomerial. The nature of the goddess, who protected infants and the home, as well as the human body and its vital organs, was mysterious (Ov., <i>Fast</i>. 6.101-82; Macrob., <i>Sat</i>. 1.12.32).</p>