Editing Quirinus (section)

{{short description|Roman deity}}
{{About|the Roman god}}
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{{Infobox deity
| type         = Roman
| name         = Quirinus
| deity_of     =God of the Roman state
| member_of    =  the [[Archaic Triad]]
| image        =Denarius C. Memmius C. F. Romulus.jpg
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| caption      = [[Denarius]] picturing Quirinus on the [[obverse]], and [[Ceres (mythology)|Ceres]] enthroned on the reverse, a commemoration by a [[moneyer]] in 56&nbsp;BCE of a [[Cerealia]] presented by an earlier Gaius [[Memmia gens|Memmius]] as [[aedile]]<ref>{{cite book |first=Eric |last=Orlin |title=Foreign Cults in Rome: Creating a Roman Empire |publisher=Oxford University Press |year=2010 |page=144}}</ref>
| other_names  =   Curinus, Corinus, Querinus, Queirinus
| cult_center  =   [[Quirinal Hill]]
|symbols=beard, religious and military clothing
|abode= Quirinal Hill
| consort      =   [[Hersilia|Hersilia-Hora]]
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| gender       = male
| Etruscan_equivalent            =  
| festivals    = Quirinalia
}}
In [[Roman mythology]] and [[Roman religion|religion]], '''Quirinus''' ({{IPAc-en|k|w|ɪ|ˈ|r|aɪ|n|ə|s}} {{respell|kwi|RY|nəs}},<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/quirinus?showCookiePolicy=true |title=Quirinus |access-date=24 September 2014 |work=Collins Dictionary}}</ref> {{IPA|la|kᶣɪˈriːnʊs|lang}}) is an early god of the [[Ancient Rome|Roman state]]. In [[Augustus|Augustan]] Rome, ''Quirinus'' was also an [[epithet]] of [[Janus]], [[Mars (mythology)|Mars]], and [[Jupiter (god)|Jupiter]].<ref>''Janus Quirinius'' in the prayer of the [[fetiales]] quoted by [[Livy]] (I.32.10); [[Macrobius]] (''Sat.'' I.9.15); {{harvnb|Ogilvie|1970|p=84}}.</ref>