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The original altar burned in the [[Great Fire of Rome]], CE64,<ref>[[Tacitus]], Annals, xv.41</ref> but was rebuilt and was still standing in the fourth century. Its exact site is uncertain, as no traces of it have been identified.<ref>Platner and Ashby 1929; F. Coarelli, ''Il foro boario dalle origini alla fine della repubblica'' Rome, 1992, vol. 2:61-77. </ref> A tentative identification of a tufa platform in the crypt of [[Santa Maria in Cosmedin]] with the foundation of the altar has been made by Filippo Coarelli and other archaeologists.
Various references, with [[Varro]] as their source, justified the exclusion of women from ceremonies here, or of partaking in the sacrificial meats.<ref>Celia E. Schultz, "Modern prejudice and ancient praxis: female worship of Hercules at Rome" ''Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik'' '''133''' (2000:291-297) pp 292ff. </ref> The rites at the Ara Maxima were unique within the cult of Hercules in that they were performed ''
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