Histories 2.31.5-6

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Text Category
Literature: prose
Century Range
Location of Display
Reference
Histories 2.31.5-6
Quotation
καὶ τὸ μὲν Καπετώλιον ἐκόσμησε ταῖς τε σημείαις καὶ τοῖς μανιάκαις — τοῦτο δ᾽ ἔστι χρυσοῦν ψέλιον, ὃ φοροῦσι περὶ τὸν τράχηλον οἱ Γαλάται — τοῖς δὲ λοιποῖς σκύλοις καὶ τοῖς αἰχμαλώτοις πρὸς τὴν εἴσοδον ἐχρήσατο τὴν ἑαυτοῦ καὶ πρὸς τὴν τοῦ θριάμβου διακόσμησιν.
Part of Speech
Type of Thing Ornamented
Architecture: Building: Temple
Cultic: Building: Temple
Architecture: Public Space
Architecture: Building: Domestic Building
Abstract: Event
Object/ Person Ornamented
The Capitol; the estate and triumph of Lucius Aemilius Papus
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Military: Spoils
Cultic: Arms and Armor
Visual Work: Material: Precious Metals
Medium/a Ornamenting
Spoils from the Gauls - standards and torques and other unspecified wealth (likely in precious metals?)
Person Engaged in Act of Ornamenting
Lucius Aemilius Papus
Item Identifier
A02246
Determination
Derived directly from text