Temple of Juventas

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The Temple of Juventas
(Coming of Age of Roman Citizen Males)

History

Seeing that many young men were about to enter Manhood and the surprising amount of births, Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius along with his family, decided to dedicate a temple to Juventas , the ancient Roman goddess whose sphere of tutelage was youth and rejuvenation. She was especially the goddess of young men "new to wearing the toga" (dea novorum togatorum)—that is, those who had just come of age

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Since Quintus Caecilius Metellus wife was barren, he still wanted to provide for the young men of Rome and decided to build the Temple of Juventas for all the young citizen men in Rome. If he could not provide a son of his own for Rome, then he would give something to all the other sons.