Ab urbe condita, 27.16.7

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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, 27.16.7
Quotation
Triginta milia servilium capitum dicuntur capta, argenti vis ingens facti signatique, auri tria milia octoginta pondo, signa et tabulae, prope ut Syracusarum ornamenta aequaverint.
Part of Speech
Type of Thing Ornamented
Object/ Person Ornamented
Tarentum, Italy
Syracuse, Sicily
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Visual Work: Material: Precious Metals: Silver
Visual Work: Material: Precious Metals: Gold
Visual Work: Sculpture: Statue
Visual Work: Painting: Panel Painting
Medium/a Ornamenting
Gold and silver, but especially statues and panel paintings of unspecified subject
Item Identifier
A00017
Determination
Derived directly from text