...Maxima of Tarquin, the temples of Vesta and Fortuna Virilis, and Rienzi's house, with the fountain where Castor and Pollux watered their horses after the battle of Lake Regillus, and the Forum and Capitoline and Palatine and Aventine, all within a moderate walk. I like this point...

...was the site of another still older Roman legend or story, which made it the place where the twins, Castor and Pollux, watered their horses after the battle of Lake Regillus (496 BC) in which they had helped the Roman arms, and had then brought to Rome the first news of the...

...left of the temple, from the audience's perspective, was the Lacus Juturnae, where, legend had it, Castor and Pollux watered their horses after the battle of Lake Regillus and announced the victory to the Roman people. Tt> the right was the Basilica Julia, dedicated by Caesar...