In Verrem, 2.1.55 (21)

Item

Text Category
Literature: prose See all items with this value
Century Range
1st century BCE See all items with this value
Location of Display
Rome See all items with this value
Author
Cicero See all items with this value
Reference
In Verrem, 2.1.55 (21)
Language
Latin See all items with this value
Quotation
Quorum domus, cum honore et virtute florerent, signis et tabulis pictis erant vacuae; at vero urbem totam templaque deorum omnesque Italiae partes illorum donis ac monumentis exornatas videmus.
Part of Speech
Adjective (compound) See all items with this value
Participle (compound) See all items with this value
Type of Thing Ornamented
Location: City See all items with this value
Location: Region See all items with this value
Cultic: Building: Temple See all items with this value
Architecture: Building: Temple See all items with this value
Object/ Person Ornamented
The city of Rome
Italy
Temples of the gods
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Architecture: Monument See all items with this value
Cultic: Monument See all items with this value
Visual Work: Sculpture: Statue See all items with this value
Visual Work: Painting: Panel Painting See all items with this value
Medium/a Ornamenting
Statues and panel paintings mentioned specifically. Also suggested are monuments, which likely include altars and possibly also statue bases
Person Engaged in Act of Ornamenting
Marcus Marcellus
Flamininus
Lucius Paulus
Lucius Mummius
Notes
The adorners of Italy, Rome, and the temples were generals who had taken spoils in war and brought them back
Item Identifier
A00058
Determination
Derived directly from text
Item sets
Cicero
1st century BCE
Sculpture (Ornamenting)
City
Painting
Location
Military (Ornamenting)
Spoils
Statue
Statue - Ornamenting - Definite