Close beside this, the queen of Roman temples, stood the _Temple of Fides_, said to have been founded by Numa, where the senate were assembled at the time of the murder of Tiberius Gracchus, B.C. 133, who fell in front of the temple of Jupiter, at the foot of the statues of the kings: his blood being the first spilt in Rome in a civil war.[30] Near this, also, were the twin _Temples of Mars and Venus Erycina_, vowed after the battle of Thrasymene, and consecrated, B.C. 215, by the consuls Q. Fabius Maximus and T. Otacilius Crassus. Near the top of the Clivus was the _Temple of Jupiter Tonans_, built by Augustus, in consequence of a vow which he made in an expedition against the Cantabri when his litter was struck, and the slave who preceded him was killed by lightning. This temple was so near, that it was considered as a porch to that of Jupiter Capitolinus, and in token of that character, Augustus hung some bells upon its pediment. On the Arx, or opposite height of the Capitol, was the _Temple of Honour and Virtue_, built B.C. 103, by Marius, with the spoils taken in the Cimbric wars. This temple was of sufficient size to allow of the senate meeting there, to pass the decree for Cicero's recall.[31] Here Nardini places the ancient _Temple of Jupiter Feretrius_, in which Romulus dedicated the first spolia opima. Here, on the site of the house of Manlius, was built the _Temple of Juno Moneta_, B.C. 345, in accordance with a vow of L. Furius Camillus.[32] On this height, also, was the _Altar of Jupiter Pistor_, which commemorated the stratagem of the Romans, who threw down loaves into the camp of the besieging Gauls, to deceive them as to the state of their supplies.[33] "Nomine, quam pretio celebratior, arce Tonantis, Dicam Pistoris quid velit ara Jovis." _Ovid, Fast._ vi. 349. It was probably also on this side of the hill that the gigantic _Statue of Jupiter_ stood, which was formed out of the armour taken from the Samnites, B.C. 293, and which is stated by Pliny to have been of such a size that it was visible from the top of Monte Cavo. Two cliffs are now rival claimants to be considered as the Tarpeian Rock; but it is most probable that the whole of the hill on this side of the Intermontium was called the Mons Tarpeia, and was celebrated under that name by the poets. "In summo custos Tarpeiæ Manlius arcis Stabat pro templo, et Capitolia celsa tenebat: Romuleoque recens horrebat regia culmo. Atque hic auratis volitans argenteus anser Porticibus, Gallos in limine adesse canebat." _Virgil, Æn._ viii. 652. "Aurea Tarpeia ponet Capitolia rupe, Et junget nostro templorum culmina cœlo." _Sil. Ital._ iii. 623. ... "juvat inter tecta Tonantis, Cernere Tarpeia pendentes rupe Gigantes." _Claud._ vi. _Cons. Hon._ 44.