probably absorbed by the Romans as the settlement was taken over by the city before the Greek influence changed the religion. His festival, the Quirinalia, was celebrated on February 17.

As Quirinus became Roman, by the end of the 1st Century B.C.E., he became identified with Romulus, the man who had founded the City of Rome, according to Roman myths. Much later, in Augustan Rome, he was also associated with Janus, as Janus Quirinus.

Terminus

Terminus was the god of boundaries. He watched over property, which the Romans considered sacred. An extremely ancient deity, he started by watching marking stones, or land-marks, called termini. They were square stones, looking like modern milestones, and they signified that no violent acts could be done within those boundaries. These stones w...

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