Dictionary of Greek and Roman geography . eearlier one, and its burning, alluded to by Cicero(^N. D. iii. 30, pro liahir. Perd. 3), seems to havebeen effected by a private hand, like that of theCapitol itself. (Tac. Hist. iii. 72.) When rebuilt byQ. Lutatius Catulus it occupied a large part of theeastern side of the depression between the two sum-mits of the Capitoline, behind the temple of Concord,and much of it still exists under the Palazzo Sena-torio. In the time of Poggio it was converted intoa salt warehouse, but the inscription recording thatit was built by Catulus, at his own expense (
Dictionary of Greek and Roman geography . eearlier one, and its burning, alluded to by Cicero(^N. D. iii. 30, pro liahir. Perd. 3), seems to havebeen effected by a private hand, like that of theCapitol itself. (Tac. Hist. iii. 72.) When rebuilt byQ. Lutatius Catulus it occupied a large part of theeastern side of the depression between the two sum-mits of the Capitoline, behind the temple of Concord,and much of it still exists under the Palazzo Sena-torio. In the time of Poggio it was converted intoa salt warehouse, but the inscription recording thatit was built by Catulus, at his own expense (de suo)was still legible, though nearly eaten away by thesaline moisture. {De Variet. Fort. lib. i. p. 8.)This inscription, which was extant in the time ofNardini, is also given by him {Rom. Ant. ii. p. 300)and by Grater (clxx. 6; cf. Orell. 31), with slightvariations, and shows that the edifice, as rebuilt byCatulus, must have lasted till the latest period ofthe Empire. It is often called aerarium in Latinauthors. TLiv. iii. 69 &c.). arch of tabui^rium. We shall now proceed to consider some of the mostremarkable spots on the hill and its first of the Asylum. Becker {Ilandb. p. 387)assumes that it occupied the whole depression betweenthe two sunnnits, and that this space, which bymodern topographers has been called by the un-classical name of Intermontium, was called interduos lucos. But here his authorities do not bearhim out. Whether the whole of this space formedthe original asylum of Romulus, it is impossible tosay; but it is quite certain that this was not theasylum of later times. It would appear from thedescription of Dionysius (ii. 15) that in its originalstate (^f T<$T€, A.) the grove may have extendedfrom one summit to the other; but it does not appearthat it occupied the whole space. It was convenientfor Becker to assume this, on account of his inter-pretation of the passage in Tacitus respecting the ROMA. assault of the Vitellians, where b
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