Strategmata, 4.3.15

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Text Category
Literature: prose
Century Range
Location of Display
Reference
Strategmata, 4.3.15
Quotation
L. Mummius, qui Corintho capta non Italiam solum sed etiam provincias tabulis statuisque exornavit, adeo nihil ex tantis manubiis in suum convertit, ut filiam eius inopem senatus ex publico dotaverit.
Part of Speech
Verb (compound) (active)
Type of Thing Ornamented
Object/ Person Ornamented
Italy and the provinces (and the cities and architecture, therein)
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Visual Work: Painting: Panel Painting
Visual Work: Sculpture: Statue
Military: Spoils
Medium/a Ornamenting
Panel paintings and sculptures taken as spoils in Corinth
Person Engaged in Act of Ornamenting
Lucius Mummius
Notes
Adorning the Empire stands in contrast here with the practice of adorning one's own house, which Mummius avoided doing
Item Identifier
A00280
Determination
Derived directly from text