Quotes About Volturnus

We return to climatic concerns with the Volturnalia of 27 August. Volturnus was a devastating wind, 'whirling around on the heights' (Lucr., 5, 745)

Of the twelve minor flamines, whose recruitment was open to plebeians, we know only those of Vulcan, Volturnus, Palatua (the local goddess of the Palatine), Furrina (another local goddess, but of a sacred wood on the Janiculum), Flora, Carmenta (the 'Prophetess'), Portunus, Falacer (?) and Pomona.