The aim of this study is to re-examine the aedes Herculis Musarum
and porticus Philippi within
the urban landscape of Rome, and in particular the area in circo Flaminio. In the first part of the
paper the issues related to the aedes and to the porticus will be examined (the dies
natales, the nature
of the figure of Hercules Musarum, the kind of the interventions made by Nobilior and Philippus). On
the evidence of a new analysis of archaeological data relating to the temple and to the porticus, the
second part will offer a new interpretation of the architectural features of the monumental complex
in the age of Augustus and identification of a second, more recent, building phase.