Epistulae 18

Item

Text Category
Literature: letter See all items with this value
Century Range
4th century CE See all items with this value
Precise Date or Date Range
384
Author
Ambrose See all items with this value
Reference
Epistulae 18
Language
Latin See all items with this value
Quotation
Sed vetera, inquit, reddenda sunt altaria simulacris, ornamenta delubris
Part of Speech
Noun See all items with this value
Type of Thing Ornamented
Cultic: Building: Temple See all items with this value
Architecture: Building: Temple See all items with this value
Cultic: Monument: Altar See all items with this value
Object/ Person Ornamented
Pagan altars and temples in Rome and the empire
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Visual Work: Sculpture: Statue See all items with this value
Cultic: Object: Effigies/ Representations See all items with this value
Cultic: Object: Ritual Objects See all items with this value
Medium/a Ornamenting
Effigies/ sculpture of gods, other objects pertaining to Roman ritual
Person Engaged in Act of Ornamenting
Quintus Aurelius Symmachus "Eusebius"
Notes
Letter to Valentinian II
Item Identifier
A02429
Determination
Derived directly from text
Item sets
Ambrose
4th century CE
Architecture (Ornamented)
Sculpture (Ornamenting)
Building
Temple
Monument
Cultic (Ornamented)
Temple
Monument
Cultic (Ornamenting)
Object
Ritual Objects
Effigies/ Representations
Altar
Statue
Statue - Ornamenting - Definite