. Dictionary of Greek and Roman geography . in theevening. Another celebrated monument of the same kindwas the Duilian column, also called Columna Ro-sthata, from its having the beaksof ships sculpturedupon it. It was erected in honour of C. Duilius,who gained a great naval victory over the Cartha-ginians, b. c. 260. According to Servius ( v. 29) there were two of these columns, one onor near the rostra, the other in front of the , indeed (.\x.\iv. 11), and Qtiintilian ( 7) speak of it as in foro; but forum is ageneric name, including the comitium as a part, andthe
. Dictionary of Greek and Roman geography . in theevening. Another celebrated monument of the same kindwas the Duilian column, also called Columna Ro-sthata, from its having the beaksof ships sculpturedupon it. It was erected in honour of C. Duilius,who gained a great naval victory over the Cartha-ginians, b. c. 260. According to Servius ( v. 29) there were two of these columns, one onor near the rostra, the other in front of the , indeed (.\x.\iv. 11), and Qtiintilian ( 7) speak of it as in foro; but forum is ageneric name, including the comitium as a part, andtherefore, as used by these authors, does not in-validate the more precise designation of basis of this column was found at no greatdistance from the arch of Severus (Ciacconio,Columnae Jiostratae Inscrip. Explicatio, p. 3, , Foro Rom. p. 301, note), a fact whichconfirms the position which we have assigned to thecomitiam and curia. The inscription in a frag-mentary state is still preserved in the Palazzo de? COLUMNA DUILIA. On the forum in front of the rostra stood thestatue of Marsyas with uplifted hand, the emblemof civic liberty. (Serv. ad Aen. iv. 58 ; cf. Macro}..Sat. iii. 12.) Here was the great resort of thecnusidici, and also of the Roman courtesans. HenceMartial (ii. 64. 8): — Ipse potest fieri Marsya (Sat. i. 6. 120) has converted the pointedfinger of the Satyr into a sign of scorn and derisionagainst an obnoxious individual : — obeundus Marsya, qui sc Vultum ferre negat Noviorum posse minoris. It was here that Julia, the daughter of Augustus,held her infamous orgies, in company with the 3 E 78K ROMA. Vilest of the Roman prostitutes. (Senec. Ben. ; Plin. xxi. 6.) Tlie account given by Serviusof this statue has been the subject of much dis-cussion, into which the limits of this article willnot permit us to enter. The whole question has beenexhausted by Creuzer. (Stud. ii. p. 282, seq.; , Gesch. des R
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