Ab urbe condita, 9.40.16/17

Item

Text Category
Literature: prose
Century Range
1st century BCE/ 1st century CE
1st century BCE
1st century CE
Location of Display
Reference
Ab urbe condita, 9.40.16/17
Quotation
Inde natum initium dicitur fori ornandi ab aedilibus cum tensae ducerentur.
Part of Speech
Type of Thing Ornamented
Architecture: Public Space: Forum
Object/ Person Ornamented
The Roman Forum
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Military: Arms and Armour
Military: Spoils
Visual Work: Material: Precious Metals: Gold
Medium/a Ornamenting
Gilded shields/ shields inlaid with gold (cereomonial armour
precious materials)
Person Engaged in Act of Ornamenting
The aediles
Notes
Wider evidence. See e.g. Cicero, In Verrem, 2.4.133 (59); De domo sua, 111 (43).
Item Identifier
A00005
Determination
Interpreted from context