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 ROMA. scribing the 10th Eegio, or Palatium, marks the boundaries as follows, taking the reverse direction of that followed by Tacitus: " Continet casain Romuli, acdem Matris DHim et Apollinis Ilhamnusii, Penta- pylum, domum Augustinianam et Tiberianam, Au- guratorium, aream Palatinam, aedem Jovis Victoris, domum Dionis, Curiam Veterem, Fortunam Eespici- entem, Septizonium Divi Severi, Victoriam Germani- cianam, Lupercal." The Curiae Veteres are here mentioned in the singular number; but there is some authority for this deviation. Thus Ovid (^Fast. iii. 139) says:— " Janua tunc regis posita viret arbore Phoebi; Ante tuas tit idem, Curia prisca, fores," where the Curia Prisca is identified with the Curiae Veteres by the following passage in JIacrobius: — " Eodein quoque ingrediente mense tarn in Regia Cu7-iisqie atque fiaminum domibus, laureae veteres novis laureis nmtabantur." (^Sat. i. 12.) Now, in order to determine the precise situation of theCuriaVetusof heNotitia, it must be borne in mind that the "Donius Augastiniana," or palace of Augustus, occupied a considerable portion of the NE. side of the Palatine, commencing at the N. corner, as will be shown in treatinjr the topography of the later city, and end- ing probably ojjposite to the arch of Titus, where the entrance was situnted. Proceeding eastward, along the same side of the hill, we find enumerated the Auguratorium and Area Palatina. Then follows the temple of Jupiter Victor, which we must not confound, as Becker does (//wnrfj. p. 100, cf. p. 422, iiote 847; see Preller, liegionen, p. 186), with that of Jupiter Stator, since the latter, according to the Notitia, lay rather more northwards in the 4th liegio, and probably on or near the Summa Sacra Via. That of Jupiter Victor, then, must have lain to the E. of the palace, and, as there is but a short space left on this side of the hill, it is probable that the Domus Dionis must be placed at least at its extreme NE. angle, if not on the side focing the Caelian. The Curia Vetus, of course, lay more to the S., and perhaps towards the middle of the E. iiide of the Palatine. Its site near the temple (or l^tatue) of Fortuna Eespiciens is confirmed by the B(isis CapitoUna, which mentions in the 10th Eegio a " Vicus Curiarum" near to another of PVtnna Eespiciens. (Gruter, Inscr. ccl.) The fourth point mentioned by Tacitus — the Aedes Lartim — lay on the Summa Sacra Via, and therefore at about the middle of the NE. side of the Palatine hill. (" Aedem Larum in Summa Sacra Via," Mon. Ancyr.; " Ancus Martins (habitavit) in Summa Sacra Via, ubi aedes Larum est," Solin. i. 24.) At this point the historian finishes his description of the pomoerium of Eonmlus, and proceeds to say that the forum and Capitol were believed to have been added to the city not by that monarch but by Titus Tatius. Hence he is charged with leaving about a third of the pomoerium undefined ; ami, in order to remedy this defect, Becker (rfe Murk, (f-c. p. 14, Ilandb. p. 102), not without the sanction of other critics and editors, proposes to alter the pimctuation of the passage, and to read " turn ad sacellum Larum forumque Eo- manum; et Capitolium non a Eomulo," &c. But in truth little is gained by this proceeding — only the short space from the arch of Titus to the N. point of the Palatine, whilst the remaining part of the line from thence to the Foruin Boarium still remains undescribed. But what is worse, even this little is gained at the expense of truth ; since, strictly .speak- EOMA. 72.5 ing, a line drawn from the Aedes Lamm to the forum would include the temple of Vesta (S. Maria Libe- ratrice), which, as we learn from Dionysius (ii. 65), lay outside the walls of Romulus. Moreover, ac- cording to the emended punctuation, it might be doubtful whether Tacitus meant that the forum was included in the Eomulean city, or not; and it was apparently to obviate this objection that Becker proposed to insert hoc before et (hoc et Capitolium). But these are liberties which sober critici>m can hardly allow with the text of such a writer. Tacitus was not speaking like a common topographer or regionary, who is obliged to identify with painful accuracy every step as he proceeds. It is more con- sistent with his sententious style that, having car- ried the line thus far, he left his readers to comjilete it from the rough indication — which at the same time conveyed an important historical fkct — that the forum and Capitol, which skirted at some dis- tance the northern angle of the hill, were added by Tatius, and lay therefore outside the walls of Ro- mulus. His readers could not err. It was well known that the original Eome was square; and, having indicated the middle point in each of the sides, he might have been charged with dulness had he written, " turn ad sacellum Larum, inde ad forum Fornm. =^ T5oariuni#? ^ -A. ri,AN OF THE ROJIULEAN CITIT. Nova Via, riiviis Victoriae. I'orla .laiuialis. Porta Cai im-ntalis. .Saci'lluni Larum., Porta Miigioiiis. , Porta Romaiiula. . Lupercal. . Ara Consi. . I'orta Kerrntina ? . Curiae Veteres. Sa 3 A. Mons Palatinus. nu- r,. H. Mciiis r:i|iitoliiias. ll. c. C.iilS OMilHKlllS. 1. 1). Miiiis Aviiinnus. '.'■ 1', lonim Koiinnum. 3. Vclia. 4. h. Inter duns Lucos. !>. c. Gennaliis. h. dd. Cliviis Capitolinus. 7. c ('!•■ Sacra Via. Summa Sacra Via. s. 9.