Literature: prose See all items with this value

1st century BCE See all items with this value

Rome See all items with this value

Cicero See all items with this value

In Verrem, 2.4.65 (28)

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Etenim erat eo splendore qui ex clarissimis et pulcherrimis gemmis esse debebat, ea varietate operum ut ars certare videretur cum copia, ea magnitudine ut intellegi posset non ad hominum apparatum sed ad amplissimi templi ornatum esse factum.

Verb (passive) (infinitive) See all items with this value

Architecture: Building: Temple See all items with this value

Cultic: Building: Temple See all items with this value

Temple of Jupiter on the Capitol, Rome

Visual Work: Furniture See all items with this value

Visual Work: Material: Precious Stones See all items with this value

Visual Work: Material: Precious Metals See all items with this value

A large and elaborate lamp-stand inlaid with precious stones and likely made in precious metals

Antiochus and his entourage from Syria

The object ornamenting is detailed in an earlier passage.

A00086

Derived directly from text

Cicero

1st century BCE

Architecture (Ornamented)

Building

Temple

Cultic (Ornamented)

Temple

Material

Precious Metals

Precious Stones

Furniture