1. Cicero, Republic, 5.1-5.2 (2nd cent. BCE - 1st cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •great mother (cybele), temples of Found in books: Jenkyns (2013) 266| 5.1. August. C.D. 2.21,Non. 417M Ennius Moribus antiquis res stat Romana virisque, quem quidem ille versum vel brevitate vel veritate tamquam ex oraculo mihi quodam esse effatus videtur. Nam neque viri, nisi ita morata civitas fuisset, neque mores, nisi hi viri praefuissent, aut fundare aut tam diu tenere potuissent tantam et tam fuse lateque imperantem rem publicam. Itaque ante nostram memoriam et mos ipse patrius praestantes viros adhibebat, et veterem morem ac maiorum instituta retinebant excellentes viri. Nostra vero aetas cum rem publicam sicut picturam accepisset egregiam, sed iam evanescentem vetustate, non modo eam coloribus eisdem, quibus fuerat, renovare neglexit, sed August. C.D. 2.21, Non. 417M ne id quidem curavit, ut formam saltem eius et extrema tamquam liniamenta servaret. Quid enim manet ex antiquis moribus, quibus ille dixit rem stare Romanam? quos ita oblivione obsoletos videmus, ut non modo non colantur, sed iam ignorentur. Nam de viris quid dicam? Mores enim ipsi interierunt virorum penuria, cuius tanti mali non modo reddenda ratio nobis, sed etiam tamquam reis capitis quodam modo dicenda causa est. Nostris enim vitiis, non casu aliquo, rem publicam verbo retinemus, re ipsa vero iam pridem amisimus. | |
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| 2. Cicero, Philippicae, 9.14 (2nd cent. BCE - 1st cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •great mother (cybele), temples of Found in books: Jenkyns (2013) 266 |
3. Lucretius Carus, On The Nature of Things, 5.328-5.329 (1st cent. BCE - 1st cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •great mother (cybele), temples of Found in books: Jenkyns (2013) 264| 5.328. quo tot facta virum totiens cecidere neque usquam 5.329. aeternis famae monimentis insita florent? | |
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| 4. Livy, History, 30.26.5, 35.40.8 (1st cent. BCE - missingth cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •great mother (cybele), temples of Found in books: Jenkyns (2013) 266 |
| 5. Horace, Odes, 4.2.5-4.2.8, 4.2.27-4.2.32 (1st cent. BCE - 1st cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •great mother (cybele), temples of Found in books: Jenkyns (2013) 264 |
6. Ovid, Fasti, 1.223-1.226, 2.61 (1st cent. BCE - missingth cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •great mother (cybele), temples of Found in books: Jenkyns (2013) 264| 1.223. nos quoque templa iuvant, quamvis antiqua probemus, 1.224. aurea: maiestas convenit ista deo. 1.225. laudamus veteres, sed nostris utimur annis: 1.226. mos tamen est aeque dignus uterque coli.’ 2.61. sub quo delubris sentitur nulla senectus; | 1.223. We too delight in golden temples, however much 1.224. We approve the antique: such splendour suits a god. 1.225. We praise the past, but experience our own times: 1.226. Yet both are ways worthy of being cultivated.’ 2.61. Under whose rule the shrines are untouched by age: |
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| 7. Martial, Epigrams, 2.48, 4.19, 5.20, 10.51, 10.58.6, 10.74, 10.96 (1st cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •great mother (cybele), temples of Found in books: Jenkyns (2013) 65 |
| 8. Martial, Epigrams, 2.48, 4.19, 5.20, 10.51, 10.58.6, 10.74, 10.96 (1st cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •great mother (cybele), temples of Found in books: Jenkyns (2013) 65 |
| 9. Suetonius, Augustus, 28.3 (1st cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •great mother (cybele), temples of Found in books: Jenkyns (2013) 264 |
| 10. Suetonius, Vespasianus, 8 (1st cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •great mother (cybele), temples of Found in books: Jenkyns (2013) 266 |
| 11. Suetonius, Titus, 8 (1st cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •great mother (cybele), temples of Found in books: Jenkyns (2013) 266 |
| 12. Suetonius, Domitianus, 5 (1st cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •great mother (cybele), temples of Found in books: Jenkyns (2013) 266 |
| 13. Suetonius, Claudius, 18 (1st cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •great mother (cybele), temples of Found in books: Jenkyns (2013) 266 |
14. Cassius Dio, Roman History, 55.26 (2nd cent. CE - 3rd cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •great mother (cybele), temples of Found in books: Jenkyns (2013) 266 | 55.26. 1. This was not the only source of trouble to the Romans; for there was also a severe famine. In consequence of this, the gladiators, and the slaves who were for sale, were banished to a distance of one hundred miles, Augustus and the other officials dismissed the greater part of their retinues, a recess of the courts was taken, and senators were permitted to leave the city and to proceed wherever they pleased.,2. And in order that their absence might not prevent decrees from being passed, a ruling was made that all decisions reached by those in attendance at any meeting should be valid. Moreover, ex-consuls were appointed to have oversight over the grain and bread supplies, so that only a fixed quantity should be sold to each person.,3. Augustus, to be sure, gave free of cost to those who were receiving doles of corn as much again in every case as they were already receiving; but when even that did not suffice for their needs, he forbade even the holding of public banquets on his birthday.,4. When many parts of the city were at this time destroyed by fire, he organized a company of freedmen, in seven divisions, to render assistance on such occasions, and appointed a knight in command over them, expecting to disband them in a short time.,5. He did not do so, however; for he found by experience that the aid they gave was most valuable and necessary, and so retained them. These night-watchmen exist to the present day, as a special corps, one might say, recruited no longer from the freedmen only, but from the other classes as well. They have barracks in the city and draw pay from the public treasury. |
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15. Pliny The Younger, Letters, 8.24, 9.39, 10.49-10.50 (2nd cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •great mother (cybele), temples of Found in books: Jenkyns (2013) 266 | 9.39. To Mustius. I have been warned by the haruspices to put into better repair and enlarge the temple of Ceres, which stands on my estate, as it is very old and cramped for room, and on one day in the year attracts great crowds of people. For on the Ides of September all the population of the country-side flocks thither; much business is transacted, many vows are registered and paid, but there is no place near where people can take refuge either from storm or heat. I think, therefore, that I shall be showing my generosity, and at the same time display my piety, if I rebuild the temple as handsomely as possible and add to it a portico, the former for the use of the goddess, the latter for the people who attend there. So I should like you to buy me four columns of any kind of marble you think fit, as well as sufficient marble for the pavement and walls. I shall also have to get made or buy a statue of the goddess, for the old one, which was made of wood, has lost some of its limbs through age. As for the portico, I don't think there is anything that I need ask you for at present, unless it be that you should sketch me a plan to suit the situation of the place. The portico cannot be carried all round the temple, inasmuch as on one side of the floor of the building there is a river with very steep banks, and on the other there runs a road. Beyond the road, there is a spacious meadow which would be a very suitable place to build the portico, as it is right opposite the temple, unless you can think of a better plan - you who make a practice of overcoming natural difficulties by your professional skill. Farewell. 10.49. To Trajan. Before my arrival, Sir, the people of Nicomedia had commenced to make certain additions to their old forum, in one corner of which stands a very ancient shrine of the Great Mother, * which should either be restored or removed to another site, principally for this reason, that it is much less lofty than the new buildings, which are being run up to a good height. When I inquired whether the temple was protected by any legal enactments, I discovered that the form of dedication is different here from what it is with us in Rome. Consider therefore. Sir, whether you think that a temple can be removed without desecration when there has been no legal consecration of the site, for, if there are no religious objections, the removal would be a great convenience. 10.50. Trajan to Pliny. You may, my dear Pliny, without any religious scruples, if the site seems to require the change, remove the temple of the Mother of the Gods to a more suitable spot, nor need the fact that there is no record of legal consecration trouble you, for the soil of a foreign city may not be suitable for the consecration which our laws enjoin. |
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16. Vergil, Georgics, 2.157 Tagged with subjects: •great mother (cybele), temples of Found in books: Jenkyns (2013) 264| 2.157. fluminaque antiquos subter labentia muros. | |
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| 17. Vergil, Eclogues, 2.28 Tagged with subjects: •great mother (cybele), temples of Found in books: Jenkyns (2013) 65 |
| 18. Demosthenes, Orations, 39 Tagged with subjects: •great mother (cybele), temples of Found in books: Jenkyns (2013) 264 |
| 19. Dem., Synth., 22 Tagged with subjects: •great mother (cybele), temples of Found in books: Jenkyns (2013) 264 |
| 20. Velleius Paterculus, Roman History, 2.130 Tagged with subjects: •great mother (cybele), temples of Found in books: Jenkyns (2013) 266 |
