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, 2.4.98 (53)

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Nam quia quam pulchra essent intellegebat, idcirco existimabat ea non ad hominum luxuriem, sed ad ornatum fanorum atque oppidorum esse facta, ut posteris monumenta religiosa esse videantur.

Supine See all items with this value

Location: City See all items with this value

Architecture: Building: Temple See all items with this value

Cultic: Building: Temple See all items with this value

Sanctuary of the Great Mother (Magna Mater/ Cybele) at Engyion

In general, other temples and cities

Military: Spoils See all items with this value

Military: Arms and Armour See all items with this value

Visual Work: Vessel: Jug See all items with this value

Corinthian chased bronze breastplates, helmets, and water-pots (hydriai)

Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus Aemilianus

Cicero writes that Scipio recognized that these objects were suited more for the ornament of temples and cities than for his own private use (in contrast to Verres)

A00096

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Cicero

1st century BCE

Architecture (Ornamented)

City

Building

Temple

Cultic (Ornamented)

Temple

Location

Military (Ornamenting)

Arms and Armour

Spoils

Vessel