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The Temple of Hercules Musarum (Latin: Aedes Herculis Musarum) was a temple dedicated to Hercules in ancient Rome, near the Circus Flaminius.
It was built by Marcus Fulvius Nobilior, who conquered of the Greek city of Ambracia in 189 BC. It was probably completed and dedicated during his triumph in 187 BC. The epithet 'Musarum' means 'of the Muses' and refers to Nobilior's discovery that Hercules was known in Greece as 'Musagetes' or 'leader of the Muses'. The temple contained copies of the fasti and statues taken from Ambracia, including statues of the Muses. The Portico of Metellus was later built near the temple.
In 29 BC Lucius Marcius Philippus restored the temple and built a portico around it, later known as the Portico of Philippus. Part of the temple's floorplan is known from a fragment of the 3rd century Forma Urbis Romae.