Ab urbe condita, 25.40.3

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, 25.40.3
Quotation
Visebantur enim ab externis ad portam Capenam dedicata a M. Marcello templa propter excellentia eius generis ornamenta, quorum perexigua pars comparet.
Part of Speech
Type of Thing Ornamented
Architecture: Building: Temple
Cultic: Building: Temple
Object/ Person Ornamented
Temple by the Porta Capena
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Unspecified; context suggests: Military: Spoils: Unspecified
Visual Work: Sculpture: Statue
Visual Work: Painting
Medium/a Ornamenting
Unspecified; context suggests: Ornaments of Syracuse--its statues and paintings. Glossed above as spoils of the enemy
Person Engaged in Act of Ornamenting
Marcus Claudius Marcellus
Item Identifier
A00013
Determination
Interpreted from context