Quirinus

A Sabine god with attributes similar to the god Mars, with whom he is associated, Quirinus' cult was established on the Quirinal hill when the Sabines settled it, prior to Rome's founding. While his temple on the Quirinal was continuously staffed by priests and was the center of a festival of cult renewal every February 17, his name was closely identified from the time of the early kings with that of Romulus (see Ovid, Fasti 2.475-512; in Fasti 4. 907-942 he recounts a mid-spring ritual he observed the flamen of Quirinus conducting on April 25).