Dictionary of Greek and Roman geography . ExpUcatio, p. 3, , Foro Rom. p. 301, note), a fact whichconfirms the position which we have assigned to thecomitium and curia. The inscription in a frag-mentary state is still preserved in the Palazzo deConservaiorL. COLUMNA DUIUA On the forum in front of the rostra stood thestatue of Marsyas with uplillcd hand, the emblemof civic liberty. (Serv. ad Aen. iv. 58 ; cf. iii. 12.) Here the great resort of thecnusidici, and also of the Roman courtesans. HenceMartial (ii. 64. 8): — Ipse potest fieri JIarsya causidicus. Horace (Sat.
Dictionary of Greek and Roman geography . ExpUcatio, p. 3, , Foro Rom. p. 301, note), a fact whichconfirms the position which we have assigned to thecomitium and curia. The inscription in a frag-mentary state is still preserved in the Palazzo deConservaiorL. COLUMNA DUIUA On the forum in front of the rostra stood thestatue of Marsyas with uplillcd hand, the emblemof civic liberty. (Serv. ad Aen. iv. 58 ; cf. iii. 12.) Here the great resort of thecnusidici, and also of the Roman courtesans. HenceMartial (ii. 64. 8): — Ipse potest fieri JIarsya causidicus. Horace (Sat. i. 6. 120) converted the pointedfinger of tiie Satyr into a sign of scorn and derisionagainst an obnoxious individual : — obeundus Marsya, qui se Vultuni fciTC negat Noviorum posse minoris. It was here that Julia, the daughter of ,held her infamous , in company with tho 3ii 86 ROMA. vilest of the Roman prostitutes. (Senec. Ben. ; Plin. xxi. 6.) The account given by Serviusof this statue has been the subject of much dis-cussion, into wliich the limits of this article willnot permit us to enter. The whole question has beenexhausted by Creuzer. (5<(«Z. ii. p. 282, seq.; , Gesch. des Riim. Keclits, i. 52.) Near the ro
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