Mater Matuta was an indigenous
Latin goddess, whom the
Romans eventually made equivalent to the
dawn goddess
Aurora, and the
Greek goddess
Eos. Her cult is attested several places in
Latium, her most famous temple was located at
Satricum. In Rome she had a temple on the north side of the
Forum Boarium, allegedly built by
Servius Tullius, destroyed in 506 B.C., and rebuilt by
Marcus Furius Camillus in 396 B.C., and she was also associated with the sea harbors and ports, where there were other temples to her.