The temple was built by the
consul Marcus Fulvius Nobilior, who conquered the
Macedonian city of
Ambracia in It was probably completed and dedicated during his
triumph in Having earned scorn for enriching himself by raiding Greek temples, Fulvius Nobilior supposedly erected a
portico around an earlier temple of Hercules in the Campus Martius, most likely that of Hercules Magnus Custos ("Hercules the Great Guardian"). after which the temple became known as Hercules Musarum, a
calque of the
Greek Hercules Musagetes (,
Hēraklḗs Mousagétēs),
Hercules as leader of the
Muses. The temple later became the home of the Roman poets' guild (). The
Portico of Octavius () was later built around the temple. Around
Octavian and his stepbrother
L. Marcius Philippus refurbished the portico and temple, after which the area was known as the
Portico of Philippus (). The temple has not survived, but part of its floor plan is known from Fragment 33 of the 3rd century
Forma Urbis Romae. ==See also==