Quirinus

Quirinus
Quirinus
God of the Roman state
Member of the Archaic Triad
	Denarius picturing Quirinus on the obverse, and Ceres enthroned on the reverse, a commemoration by a moneyer in 56 BCE of a Cerialia presented by an earlier Gaius Memmius as aedile
Other names	Curinus, Corinus, Querinus, Queirinus
Major cult center	Quirinal Hill
Abode	Quirinal Hill
Symbols	beard, religious and military clothing
Gender	male
Festivals	Quirinalia
Consort	Hersilia-Hora

In Roman mythology and religion, Quirinus (/kwɪˈraɪnəs/ kwi-RY-nəs,^[2] Latin: [kᶣɪˈriːnʊs]) is an early god of the Roman state. In Augustan Rome, Quirinus was also an epithet of Janus, as Janus Quirinus.^[3]

^ Orlin, Eric (2010). Foreign Cults in Rome: Creating a Roman Empire. Oxford University Press. p. 144.
^ "Quirinus". Collins Dictionary. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
^ In the prayer of the fetiales quoted by Livy (I.32.10); Macrobius (Sat. I.9.15);