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 828 ROMA. Isis AND Seratis, fioiii which tlie Region derived its name, but the history of the temple is unknown. The same remark applies to the Moneta men- tioned in this Region, which seems to have been the imperial mint. (Preller, Jicy. p. 124.) It is mentioned in inscriptions of the time of Trajan. (Marini, ^«i, (jc. p. 488.) The Summum Cho- iiAGiuM is inexplicable. The Lacus Pastokum or Pastoris was a fountain near the Colosseum, as appears from the Acta Sanctorum (in Eme- Uo). The DoMus Brutti Pkaesentis probably l.iy on the Esquiline. Marcus Aurelius affianced Commodus with the daughter of a Bruttus Praesens. (Capitol. M. Anton. Ph.c. 27.) A Porticus Cl.vu- DIA stood at the extremity of Nero's golden house, not far from the colossus of that emperor : — " Claudia diffusas nbi porticus esplicat umbras Ultima pars aulae deficientis erat." (Mart, de Spec. 2.) It is mentioned by the Anonymus Einsiedlensis and in the Mh-abnia under the name of " Palatium Claudii," between the Colosseum and S. Pietro in Vincoli. The Ludus Magnus was a gladiatorial school apparently near the Via di S. Giovanni. (Canina, Indie, p." 108.) The Schola Quaestoruji ET Caplatorum or Capulatorum seems to have been an office for the scribes or clerks of the quaes- tors, as the Schola Xantha on the Capitoline was for those of the eurule aediles. The Capulatores were those officers who had charge of tlie capides or capti- lae, that is, the bowls with handles used in sacrifices (Varr. L.L. v. § 121); but where this schola may have been cannot be said. The Castra Misf.na- TiuJi were the city station for what we may call the marines, or soldiers attached to the fleet and naval station at Misenum, established by Augustus. (Tac. Atm. iv. 5; Suet. Ang. 49.) This camp appears to have been situated near the church of S. Vito and Via Merulana, where also there was an aedictda of Neptune. (Canina, Indicaz, p. 110.) The Balneuii Daphnidis, perhaps alluded to by Martial (iii. 5. 6), was probably near the Subura and Carinae. Lastly the Lacus Orphei, or fountain of Orpheus, seems to have lain near the church of S. Lucia, which bore the epithet in Orfeo, or, as the Anonymous calls it, in Orthea. It is described in the lines of Martial, in which he desires Thalia to carry his book to Pliny (x. 19. 4, seq.):— " I, perfer, brevis est labor peractae Altum vincere traraitem Suburae. lllic Orphea protenus videbis Udi vertice lubricum theatri, Mirantesque feras.avenique regis Eaptum quae Phryga pertnlit Tonanti. lllic parva tui domus Pedouis Caelata est aquilae minore penna." From this description it would appear that the fountain was in a circular basin — for such seems to be the meaning of " udum theatrum," because a statue of Orpheus playing on the lyre stood high in the midst of the basin, wet and s-hhiing with spray, and surrounded by the fascinated beasts as an audience. (Becker, Ilandb. p. 559, note.) The situation of the fountain near the church mentioned is very clearly indicated iu these lines. As ]Iarti:il lived on the southern extremity of the Quirinal the way from his house to that spot would of course lie through the Subura. At the top of the street lead- ROM A. ing through it, which, as we have seen, must liave been the Vicus Cyprius, a short but steep ascent brought the pedestrian to the top of the Esquiline, where the first object that met his eyes was the fountain in question. The locality is identified by another poem of JLirtial's addressed to Paulus, who also lived on the Esquiline (v. 22. 4 ) : — " Alta Subur.ani vincenda est semita clivi Et nunquam sicco sordida saxa gradu ; " where we must not take Clivus Suburanus to be the name of a road, like Clivus Capitolinus, Publi- cius, &c., but merely a synonymous appellative with what Martial calls " altus trames " in the other poem. It may be farther observed that this situa- tion of the fountain agrees with the order of the Notitia, where it is n.amed immediately before the ilacellum Livianum. Close to it lay the small house formerly inhabited by Pedo Albinovanus, and in Martial's time the residence of his friend the younger Pliny. XII. The Colles, or the Vijiinal, Quirinal, AND PiNCi^VN Hills. We have already remarked that the three north- ernmost hills of Rome were called Colles, in contra- distinction to the others, which were called Monies. Only two of the former, the Viminal and Quirinal, were enclosed within the walls of Servius Tullius, and considered as properly belonging to the city; but part of the Pincian was included within the walls of Aurelian. The CoLLis YisiiNALis, the smallest of the three hills, is separated from the Esquiline by the valley through which ran the Vicus Patricias, and by a hollow running towards the rampart of Servius. On the other side, towards the Quirinal, is another valley, which divides it from that hill, at present traversed by the streets called Via de Serpenti and I'm di S. Vitale. The most northern part of the valley, tlii'ough which the latter street runs, was the ancient Vallis Quirini (Juv. ii. 133). The hill derived its name from the osiers with which it was anciently covered (" dictum a vimine collem," Id. iii. 71); and upon it was an Altar of Jupiter Viminalis, answering to the Jupiter Fagutalis of the Esquiline. (Varr. L.L. v. § 51; Test. p. 373.) The Viminal was never a district of much import- ance, and seems to have been chiefly inhabited by the lower classes. The only remarkable building which we find recorded on it is the splendid Pa- I.ACE OF C. Aquilius (Plin. xvii. 2). The exist- ence of some baths of Agrippina upon it rests only on traditions of the middle ages. The baths of Diocletian, which lay on the ridge which united the Viminal and Quirinal, will be described in the section on the thermae. The Sacellum of Nae- NiA lay without the Porta Viminalis. (Paul. Diac. p. 163.) After the Palatine and Capitoline hills, the Qui- rinal was the most ancient quarter of the city. As the seat of the Sabine part of the population of Rome, it acquired importance in the period of its early history, which however it did not retain when the two nations had become thoroughly amalgamated. The Quirin.al is separated from the Pincian on the N. by a deep valley; its western side is skirted by the Campus JIartius ; the manner in which it is parted from the Viminal by the Vallis Quirini has been already described. The street which rap