<p>This temple (we do not know if it was an <i>aedes</i> or <i>templum</i>) is listed in the <i>Notitia</i> and <i>Curiosum</i> within <i>Regio V</i>: <i>Esquiliae</i> (<i>Reg. Cats.: Minerbam Medicam</i>). It is possible that Cicero puns on the name of this temple: <i>sine medico medicinam dabit Minerva</i> (‘Minerva will give medicine without the aid of a medic’: Cic., <i>Div.</i> 2.123). If so, it clearly existed in the late Republic. Its location has been determined on the basis of votive deposits found in Via Carlo Botta (*Via Curva) between Via Buonarotti and Via Machiavelli, but there are no surviving architectural remains (de Vos 108). The votive offerings, found <i>in situ</i> in the storage chambers (<i>favisae</i>) of the temple, included a dedication to Minerva, representations of the goddess, and dedications to a healing deity, all dated from the 4th to 1st c. B.C. An Imperial-period statue of Minerva was discovered nearby, along with statues of other deities. Häuber sees only a circumstantial connection between these finds and Minerva Medica. But in general, the existence of a temple of Minerva Medica on this site is accepted as probable if not absolutely certain (Carlucci, Ziolkowski, Richardson, Gatti lo Guzzo). De Vos suggests a close link between Minerva Medica and the nearby sanctuary of Isis (*Iseum Metellinum), both of which were dedicated to healing goddesses (de Vos 113). Ziolkowski identifies Minerva Medica as a mid-Republican temple foundation. Our map marks the position at which the dedications were found.</p>