<p>Temple of the Lares on the *Velia or on the lower *Palatine, restored by Augustus in 4 B.C. (<i>RG</i> 19; Coarelli; Richardson). The <i>aedes</i> was located <i>in summa Sacra via</i>, ‘at the heights of the *Sacra Via’ (<i>RG</i> 19; Solin. 1.23), and <i>in Palatio, ad Portam Mugionis</i>, ‘on the Palatine near the *Porta Mugionia’ (Varro, in Non. 852.20 L; Coarelli; cf. Brocato). Combined, these suggest that the area near the Arch of Titus, just W of the Sacra Via, was home to the Lares cult. Also nearby was the <i>fanum Orbonae</i> (Cic., <i>Nat. D.</i> 3.63; Pliny, <i>NH</i> 2.16; Palombi) and the Temple of *Iuppiter Stator, which shared a <i>dies natalis</i> with the Temple of the Lares (Degrassi, <i>Inscr. Ital</i>. 13.2, 474; Ov., <i>Fast</i>. 6.791-92). Coarelli proposes that the Temple to the Lares would have been small, perhaps no larger than a compital shrine (Coarelli 174). Since the exact location of the temple cannot be specified, it is indicated by means of an index number on our map.</p>