The Roman goddess Venus Genetrix, the founding goddess of the Julian gens, is honored in the now ruined Temple of Venus Genetrix in Forum of Caesar of Rome. On September 26, 46 BCE, Julius Caesar dedicated it to the goddess. Construction on the forum and temple may have started as early as 54 BCE. Caesar dedicated the temple to Venus Victrix on the eve of the Battle of Pharsalus. In the end, he made the decision to dedicate the temple to Venus Genetrix, the mythical ancestress of the Julian lin ... (Read More)