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Samuel Ball Platner, Thomas Ashby, A Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome,
BASILICA AEMILIA
BASILICA PAULI
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Samuel Ball Platner, Thomas Ashby, A Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome,
CAMPUS MARTIUS
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CIRCUS MAXIMUS
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Samuel Ball Platner, Thomas Ashby, A Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome,
PORTICUS POMPEI
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PORTICUS POMPEI
built in 55 B.C. by Pompeius at the same time as his
THEATRE (q.v.), and adjoining its scaena. The purpose of the porticus
was to afford shelter for the spectators in case of rain (Vitr. v. 9. 1). It
is represented on the Marble Plan (frgs. 30, 110, and p. 22), and was a
rectangular court, about 180 metres long and 135 wide, in which were
four parallel rows of columns. The central area was laid out as a garden
with shady walks (Prop. ii. 32. 11-12) and contained various works of
art (Plin. NH xxxv. 59, 114, 126, 132). Among these was a painting
of Cadmus and Europa by Antiphilus, which is not to be identified with
the representation of Europa which gave its name to the PORTICUS
EUROPAE (q.v.) described by Martial, which, A. Reinach maintains (Neapolis
ii. 237 sqq.), was a bronze group made by Pythagoras of Rhegium for
Tarentum (Cic. Verr. iv. 135; Varro, LL v. 31). The CURIA POMPEI
(q.v.) in which Caesar was murdered was probably an exedra in this
porticus (Asc. in
Samuel Ball Platner, Thomas Ashby, A Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome,
THEATRUM POMPEI
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THEATRUM POMPEI
* the first permanent theatre in Rome, built of stone
by Pompeius in his second consulship in 55 B.C., and dedicated in that
year according to the common version (Asc. in Pis. I; Veil. ii. 48;
Chron. Pasch. a. u. c. 697 (foundations laid); Chronica Min. ed. Momms.
i. 215; Tac. Ann. xiv. 20; Cass. Dio xxxix. 38, whose story that a
freedman of Pompeius furnished the money is to be rejected), when
most elaborate games, contests of wild animals, and exhibitions of
marvels, were provided (Cic. in Pis. 65; Plin. NH vii. 158; viii. 20;
Plut. Pomp. 52). Besides the usual name, theatrum Pompei, it was
called theatrum Pompeianum (Plin. cit. xxxiv. 39; xxxvi. 15; Mon.
Anc. iv. 9; Suet. Tib. 47; Claud. 21; Tac. Ann. vi. 45; Mart. vi. 9;
x. 51. 11; xiv. 29. I, 166. 1; in plural, Flor. 13. 8); theatrum marmoreum (Fast. Amit. ad pr. Id. Aug., CIL i². p. 244); theatrum magnum
(Plin. cit. vii. 158); and sometimes simply theatrum (Cic. ad Att. iv. I. 6;
Hor. Carm. i. 20. 3; Suet.
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VENUS VICTRIX, AEDES
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