. Dictionary of Greek and Roman geography . atulus from the temple, and to substitute ROMA. Ii- .vrn. (Plut. Pupl. 15; Suet. Caea. 15; Dion Ca> 44; Cic. IVrr. iv. 31, &c) On tliis occa--illa followed the Roman fashion of despoilingof her works of art, and adorned the templewith columns taken from that of the OlympianZeus at Athens. (Plin. xxxvi. 5.) Alter its de-struction by the Vitellians, Vespasian restored it as? on as possible, but still on the original plan,the haruspices allowing no alteration except a slightiucrease of its height, (lac. Hist iv. 53; Suet. ROMA. 7r9 ; D
. Dictionary of Greek and Roman geography . atulus from the temple, and to substitute ROMA. Ii- .vrn. (Plut. Pupl. 15; Suet. Caea. 15; Dion Ca> 44; Cic. IVrr. iv. 31, &c) On tliis occa--illa followed the Roman fashion of despoilingof her works of art, and adorned the templewith columns taken from that of the OlympianZeus at Athens. (Plin. xxxvi. 5.) Alter its de-struction by the Vitellians, Vespasian restored it as? on as possible, but still on the original plan,the haruspices allowing no alteration except a slightiucrease of its height, (lac. Hist iv. 53; Suet. ROMA. 7r9 ; Dion Ixvi. 10, &c.) The new build-ing, however, stood but for a very short period. Itwas again destroyed soon after Vespasians deathin a great fire which particularly desolated the9th Region, and was rebuilt by Domitian with asplendour hitherto unequalled. (Suet. Dom. 15;Dion Cass. lxvi. 24.) Nothing further is accuratelyknown of its history ; but Domitians structureseems to have lasted till a very late period of theEmpire,. TEMPLE OF JUPITER CAPITOUNTJS RESTORED. The Area Capitolina, as we have already seen, iwas frequently used for meetings or contiones; butbesides these, regular comitia were frequently holden |upun it. (Liv. xxv. 3, xxxiv. 53, xliii. 16, xlv. i36 ; Plut. Paid. Aem. 30 ; App. B. C. i. 15, &c.)Here stood the Curia Calabra, in which on theCalends the pontifices declared whether the Noneswould fall on the fifth or the seventh day of themonth. (Varr. vi. §27. Mull.; Macrob. Sat. ) Here also was a Casa Romcli, of which therewere two, the other being in the 10th Region on thePalatine; though Becker (Handb. p. 401 and note)denies the existence of the former in face of the ex-press testimony of Macrobius (I c.) Seneca () ; Vitruvius (ii. 1) : Martial (viii. 80) ; Conon(.Vorrat 48), &c. (v. Preller in Schneidewins Phi-lokffut, i. p. 83). It seems to have been a little hut?ace, thatched with straw, commemorative ofthe lowly and pastoral o
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