Terminus's most famous shrine stood within the Temple of Jupiter on the Capitoline Hill, where it remained after the god refused to be moved during the temple's construction. An opening was left in the roof so his stone could see the sky, as Terminus could only be worshipped under open air.
When Jupiter's Capitoline temple was built, Terminus alone among the gods refused to yield his shrine. Jupiter honored this steadfastness, and Terminus remained within the temple precinct.
When Tarquinius Superbus built Jupiter's temple on the Capitoline, Juventas and Terminus alone among the gods refused to yield their shrines. Both were incorporated into the new temple, an omen that Rome's youth and boundaries would endure forever.
Numa Pompilius traditionally established the cult of Terminus and the Terminalia festival, consecrating boundary stones as sacred and prescribing the rituals for setting and honoring them. Plutarch credits Numa with making the boundary god central to Roman property law.
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