Relatio 3.5

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
Quintus Aurelius Symmachus "Eusebius" See all items with this value
Reference
Relatio 3.5
Language
Latin See all items with this value
Quotation
Quodsi huius ominis non esset iusta vitatio, ornamentis saltem curiae decuit abstineri.
Part of Speech
Noun See all items with this value
Type of Thing Ornamented
Architecture: Building: Civic Building See all items with this value
Object/ Person Ornamented
The Senate house/ curia, in Rome
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Cultic: Monument: Altar See all items with this value
Visual Work: Material: Precious Metals: Gold See all items with this value
Visual Work: Sculpture: Deity See all items with this value
Visual Work: Sculpture: Statue See all items with this value
Medium/a Ornamenting
The Altar of Victory, with a gold statue of Victory
Person Engaged in Act of Ornamenting
The Altar had been established by Octavian in 29 BCE. Symmachus writes to Valentinian to ask for its restoration.
Notes
Letter to Valentinian II
Item Identifier
A02431
Determination
Derived directly from text
Item sets
4th century CE
Architecture (Ornamented)
Sculpture (Ornamenting)
Civic Building
Building
Deity
Material
Precious Metals
Gold
Cultic (Ornamenting)
Monument
Altar
Statue
Statue - Ornamenting - Definite