Units 9: Public Buildings

April 1, 2004

City plan:
House of the Faun:
Theater Quarter:
Palaestra/Amphitheater: http://www.thecolefamily.com/italy/pompeii/slide71.htm
Amphitheater:
Forum overview:
Forum map:
QTVRs of Pompeiian public buildings:
General Images of Public Buildings:
M. Holconius Rufus:
Holconius’ dedication in the theater:
Theater of Marcellus, in Rome:
Copy of cult statue of Mars Ultor, in Rome:
Eumachia inscription:
Ara Pacis:
Forum Augusti reconstruction:
Porticus Liviae:
Livia:
Timeline - see 2 BCE:
And, from Zanker’s Power of Images (Forum of Augustus):

Two other texts:

CIL
10.808 = ILS 63

Aenea[s, Ven]eris
et Anchisa[e filius. Troia]nos
qui capta Tr[oia et incensa s]uper-
fuerant in It[aliam adduxit ...]

CIL 10.809 = ILS 64

Romulus Martis
[f]ilius. Urbem Romam
[condi]dit et regnavit annos
duodequadraginta. Isque
primus dux duce hostium
Acrone rege Caeninensium
interfecto spolia opi[ma]
Iovi Feretrio consecra[vit]
receptusque in deoru[m]
numerum Quirinu[s]
appellatu[s est]

Acrone < Acron, -is: "Acron" (king of the Caeninenses)
Iovi Feretrio < Iuppiter Feretrius, "subduer of enemies"

Livy 1.10.6-7:

[6] 'Iuppiter Feretri' inquit, 'haec tibi uictor Romulus rex regia arma fero, templumque his regionibus quas modo animo metatus sum dedico, sedem opimis spoliis quae regibus ducibusque hostium caesis me [7] auctorem sequentes posteri ferent.' Haec templi est origo quod primum omnium Romae sacratum est.

modo: "by measure, with a limit, with a purpose"
metatus sum < metor (1): "to measure"
sedem < sedis, f. "(as) a seat / a temple, which ..."
opima < opimus, -a, -um: "rich, noble, splendid"
spolia: "spoils"
caesis < caedo, -ere, cecidi, caesus: "to kill"
me auctorem = accusative absolute, "(with) me as an example"