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Vitruvius Pollio, On Architecture, 1.7.1


nan1. The lanes and streets of the city being set out, the choice of sites for the convenience and use of the state remains to be decided on; for sacred edifices, for the forum, and for other public buildings. If the place adjoin the sea, the forum should be placed close to the harbour: if inland, it should be in the centre of the town. The temples of the gods, protectors of the city, also those of Jupiter, Juno, and Minerva, should be on some eminence which commands a view of the greater part of the city. The temple of Mercury should be either in the forum, or, as also the temple of Isis and Serapis, in the great public square. Those of Apollo and Father Bacchus near the theatre. If there be neither amphitheatre nor gymnasium, the temple of Hercules should be near the circus. The temple of Mars should be out of the city, in the neighbouring country. That of Venus near to the gate. According to the regulations of the Hetrurian Haruspices, the temples of Venus, Vulcan, and Mars should be so placed that those of the first not be in the way of contaminating the matrons and youth with the influence of lust; that those of Vulcan be away from the city, which would consequently be freed from the danger of fire; the divinity presiding over that element being drawn away by the rites and sacrifices performing in his temple. The temple of Mars should be also out of the city, that no armed frays may disturb the peace of the citizens, and that this divinity may, moreover, be ready to preserve them from their enemies and the perils of war.


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1. Cyprian, Letters, 55.14.1 (3rd cent. CE - 3rd cent. CE)

2. Cyprian, Letters, 55.14.1 (3rd cent. CE - 3rd cent. CE)

3. Cyprian, Letters, 55.14.1 (3rd cent. CE - 3rd cent. CE)

4. Cyprian, Letters, 55.14.1 (3rd cent. CE - 3rd cent. CE)

5. Anon., Martyrdom of Pionius, 10.4



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ambitio Oksanish, Vitruvian Man: Rome Under Construction (2019) 160
architect-autocrat relationship Oksanish, Vitruvian Man: Rome Under Construction (2019) 160
body, and character Oksanish, Vitruvian Man: Rome Under Construction (2019) 160
body Oksanish, Vitruvian Man: Rome Under Construction (2019) 160
census returns Ando, Imperial Ideology and Provincial Loyalty in the Roman Empire (2013) 208
cogitatio and cogitata Oksanish, Vitruvian Man: Rome Under Construction (2019) 160
commendatio Oksanish, Vitruvian Man: Rome Under Construction (2019) 160
cupido and cupiditas desire, royal Oksanish, Vitruvian Man: Rome Under Construction (2019) 160
cupido and cupiditas desire Oksanish, Vitruvian Man: Rome Under Construction (2019) 160
cura Oksanish, Vitruvian Man: Rome Under Construction (2019) 160
de architectura, and imperialism Oksanish, Vitruvian Man: Rome Under Construction (2019) 160
dignitas Oksanish, Vitruvian Man: Rome Under Construction (2019) 160
dinocrates macedonian architect Oksanish, Vitruvian Man: Rome Under Construction (2019) 160
elites, romans govern through, emperor, divinity of' Ando, Imperial Ideology and Provincial Loyalty in the Roman Empire (2013) 208
emperor and architect, relational paradigm Oksanish, Vitruvian Man: Rome Under Construction (2019) 160
ethics, of architect Oksanish, Vitruvian Man: Rome Under Construction (2019) 160
forma Oksanish, Vitruvian Man: Rome Under Construction (2019) 160
gratia Oksanish, Vitruvian Man: Rome Under Construction (2019) 160
livy Oksanish, Vitruvian Man: Rome Under Construction (2019) 160
lucius tarquinius priscus Oksanish, Vitruvian Man: Rome Under Construction (2019) 160
representation, of ruler Oksanish, Vitruvian Man: Rome Under Construction (2019) 160
rome Ando, Imperial Ideology and Provincial Loyalty in the Roman Empire (2013) 208
romulus and remus Oksanish, Vitruvian Man: Rome Under Construction (2019) 160
tanaquil Oksanish, Vitruvian Man: Rome Under Construction (2019) 160