In Verrem, 2.4.121 (54)

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Text Category
Literature: prose
Century Range
Location of Display
Reference
In Verrem, 2.4.121 (54)
Quotation
Nihil in aedibus, nihil in hortis posuit, nihil in suburbano; putavit, si urbis ornamenta domum suam non contulisset, domum suam ornamento urbi futuram.
Part of Speech
Type of Thing Ornamented
Object/ Person Ornamented
City of Rome
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Military: Spoils
Visual Work: Sculpture: Statue
Visual Work: Painting
Architecture: Building: Domestic Structure
Medium/a Ornamenting
Spoils of Syracuse. Unspecified; context suggests: painting, sculpture (especially of gods)
Also, the house of Marcellus
Person Engaged in Act of Ornamenting
Marcus Claudius Marcellus
Notes
The house as an ornament is somewhat figurative - it will be an ornament to the city because Marcellus did not take spoils for himself. Thus it adorns the city because of the honour of Marcellus.
Item Identifier
A00105
Determination
Interpreted from context