In Verrem, 2.4.121 (54)
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- Type of Thing Ornamented
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Literature: prose See all items with this value
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1st century BCE See all items with this value
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In Verrem, 2.4.121 (54)
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Nihil in aedibus, nihil in hortis posuit, nihil in suburbano; putavit, si urbis ornamenta domum suam non contulisset, domum suam ornamento urbi futuram.
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Noun (plural) See all items with this value
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Noun (Singular) See all items with this value
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Location: City See all items with this value
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City of Rome
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Military: Spoils See all items with this value
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Visual Work: Sculpture: Statue See all items with this value
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Visual Work: Painting See all items with this value
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Architecture: Building: Domestic Structure See all items with this value
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Spoils of Syracuse. Unspecified; context suggests: painting, sculpture (especially of gods)
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Also, the house of Marcellus
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Marcus Claudius Marcellus
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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.
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A00105
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Interpreted from context