<p>Archaic temple within the *Circus Maximus dedicated to the sun-god Sol, to whom the Circus as a whole was consecrated (Tert., <i>De spect.</i> 8; Humphrey 269-71, Richardson, Ciancio Rossetto); the temple was embedded in the seating on the *Aventine side, just opposite the finish line and across from the *Pulvinar ad Circum Maximum (Humphrey 94; see fig. 9). Tacitus, in the first secure reference to the temple, calls it a <i>vetus aedes</i> in A.D. 65 (<i>Ann</i>. 15.74.1); earlier numismatic testimony may be found on a <i>denarius</i> of Mark Antony dated to 42 B.C., which depicts a small, distyle shrine to Sol (<i>RRC</i> 496/1; Ciancio Rossetto; Humphrey). Note that *Luna was not worshipped here until after A.D. 64, when fire destroyed her Aventine temple (Humphrey). As the exact location and form of the Augustan temple is unknown, it is shown as an index number on our map.</p>