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Tombs from the 8th century BC to the 7th century BC that confirm a likely presence of a Sabine settlement area have been discovered ; on the hill, there was the tomb of Quirinus, which Lucius Papirius Cursor transformed into a temple for his triumph after the third Samnite war.

Some authors consider it possible that the cult of the Capitoline Triad ( Jove, Minerva, Juno ) could have been celebrated here well before it became associated with the Capitoline Hill.

The sanctuary of Flora, an Osco-sabine goddess, was here too.