. Dictionary of Greek and Roman geography . ymentioned by Martial (ii. 14, iii. 20, xi. 1). Itssituation cannot be determined; but most topo-graphers place it in the Campus Martius, among theother buildings of Agrippa. (Canina, Indiaiz. p. 409;, Horn. Mars/eld, p. 116.) It appears fromthe Notitia that the Campus Agrippae containedCastka, which, from the Calidngus Jm/n rut. Vienn.(t. ii. p. 246, Rone.), appear to have been dedicatedby Aureliaa; but the Porticus Vipsania perved as a 3 u 4 840 ROMA. sort of barracks as early as the time of Galba. ( i. 31; Pint. Galb. 25.) Several ob
. Dictionary of Greek and Roman geography . ymentioned by Martial (ii. 14, iii. 20, xi. 1). Itssituation cannot be determined; but most topo-graphers place it in the Campus Martius, among theother buildings of Agrippa. (Canina, Indiaiz. p. 409;, Horn. Mars/eld, p. 116.) It appears fromthe Notitia that the Campus Agrippae containedCastka, which, from the Calidngus Jm/n rut. Vienn.(t. ii. p. 246, Rone.), appear to have been dedicatedby Aureliaa; but the Porticus Vipsania perved as a 3 u 4 840 ROMA. sort of barracks as early as the time of Galba. ( i. 31; Pint. Galb. 25.) Several objects mentioned in this district aredoubtful as to site, and even as to meaning, and arenot important enough to demand investigation. Itcontained Triumphal Akches of Claudiusand M. Aurelius. The latter subsisted in atolerably perfect state near the Piazza Fiana in theCorso, till the year 1662, when pope Alexander it to be pulled down. Its reliefs still adomthe staircase of the Palazzo de Conservatori. (Ca-nina, Indicaz. p. 220.). ARCH OF AURELIUS. We shall conclude this section with noticing avery humble but very useful object, the ForumSuarium. Bacon was an article of great consump-tion at Eome. It was distributed, as well as bread,among the people, and its annual consumption inthe time of Valentinian III. was estimated at3,628,000 pounds. (Gibbon, Decline and Fall,vol. iv. p. 85, ed. Smith.) The custom of distribut-ing it had been introduced by Aurelian. ( 25.) A country in which hogs-flesh is thecheapest meat betrays a low state of farming. Theswine still abounds in Italy; but in ancient times theRoman market was principally supplied from theforests of Lucania. The market was importantenough to have its special tribune, and the pig-men of the eternal city ( Porcinarii Urbis aeternae)were considered such a useful body that peculiarprivileges were granted to them. (Cod. xi. tit. 16;Not. Dignit. Part. Occ. p. 16; Gruter, 4.) The market is a
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