School dictionary of Greek and Roman antiquities . OAPirOLINE TEMPLE. because, on the other hand, arx is some-times put for the whole mount, and atothers for one of the summits only. There were three approaches from theForum to the Mons Capitolinus. The firstwas by a flight of 100 steps, which led di-rectly to the side of the Tarpeian other two were the cUvus Capitolinusand cHvus Asyli, one of which entered onthe north, and the other on the south sideof the intermontium. CAPSA, or SCRFNIUM, a box forholding books among the Romans. Theseboxes were of a cylindrical form. Theredoes not a
School dictionary of Greek and Roman antiquities . OAPirOLINE TEMPLE. because, on the other hand, arx is some-times put for the whole mount, and atothers for one of the summits only. There were three approaches from theForum to the Mons Capitolinus. The firstwas by a flight of 100 steps, which led di-rectly to the side of the Tarpeian other two were the cUvus Capitolinusand cHvus Asyli, one of which entered onthe north, and the other on the south sideof the intermontium. CAPSA, or SCRFNIUM, a box forholding books among the Romans. Theseboxes were of a cylindrical form. Theredoes not appear to have been any difference. between the capsa and scnnium, except thatthe latter word was usually applied to thoseboxes which held a considerable number ofrolls. The slaves who had the charge of thesebook-chests were called capsarii, and alsocustodes scriniorum ; and the slaves who car-ried in a capsa behind their young masters CARACALLA. 73 the books, &c. of the sons of respectableRomans, when they went to school, werecalled by the same name. CAPSARII, the name of three difTerentclasses of slaves. [Balneum; Capsa.] CAPUT, the head. The term headis often used by tlie Roman writers as equi-valent to person, or human being, Byan easy transition it was used to signify life : thus, capite duinnari, pltcti, &c., areequivalent to capital punishment. Caput is also used to express a mansstatus, or civil condition; and the personswho were registered in the tables of thecensor are spoken of as capita, sometimeswith the addition of the word civium, andsometimes not. Thus to be registered inthe census was the same t
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