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Temple of Concord.
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Servius, in another passage, still more distinctly indicates the
site :—
“The bones of Orestes, translated from Aricia, were placed and buried in front
of the temple of Saturn, which is in front of the clivus of the Capitol, near the
temple of Concord?.”
Temple of Concord.
The temple of Concord was rebuilt by Tiberius, as recorded by an
inscription, and it was consecrated by him in a.u.c. 764, as men-
tioned by Dion Cassius'!.
It is also mentioned by Dion as being near the prison. There
is a representation of it on a coin of Tiberius. It is believed to
have been again rebuilt by Septimius Severus, with many others.
Dion Cassius also says that:—
“The Senate assembled in the building near the temple of Concord, having
learned the state of feeling among the people, and that he (Sejanus) was not sup-
ported by the Praetorian Guard, sentenced himr,” &c.
This temple is several times mentioned by classical authors and on
inscriptions, and in such a manner as to make it probable that there
were more than one, although several of the passages apply to re-
buildings of the same temple. The earliest mention of it that we
have met with is in the year B.c. 400, on an inscription in which it
is described to be in the area of Vulcan: this is known to have been
at the foot of the Capitol, between the temples of Saturn and of
Concord, which had been built in it; these were almost in the Forum
Romanum, but within the boundary of the Capitol; the entrance
to this early fortress was the Porta Saturnii, or gate of Saturn, and
the temple of Saturn was just within the wall on the western side,
that of Concord on the eastern side. The level within the wall is
higher than that of the Forum proper, but all the space outside of
the Tabularium was commonly considered as part of the Forum,
although it had not been so originally.
Plutarch, in his life of Camillus, says that—
“The Senate, assembled after the death of Camillus, voted that the temple
which he had vowed to Concord should be built upon a spot fronting the Forum
and place of assembly.”
In b.c. 303 a temple of Concord, in the area of Vulcan, was
p Servius in Aineid. Virgil., lib. ii. c. 8, and Ivi. c. 25.
v. 116. r Ibid., lib. lviii. c. II.
q a.u.c. 747, Dion Cassius, lib. lv.
45
Servius, in another passage, still more distinctly indicates the
site :—
“The bones of Orestes, translated from Aricia, were placed and buried in front
of the temple of Saturn, which is in front of the clivus of the Capitol, near the
temple of Concord?.”
Temple of Concord.
The temple of Concord was rebuilt by Tiberius, as recorded by an
inscription, and it was consecrated by him in a.u.c. 764, as men-
tioned by Dion Cassius'!.
It is also mentioned by Dion as being near the prison. There
is a representation of it on a coin of Tiberius. It is believed to
have been again rebuilt by Septimius Severus, with many others.
Dion Cassius also says that:—
“The Senate assembled in the building near the temple of Concord, having
learned the state of feeling among the people, and that he (Sejanus) was not sup-
ported by the Praetorian Guard, sentenced himr,” &c.
This temple is several times mentioned by classical authors and on
inscriptions, and in such a manner as to make it probable that there
were more than one, although several of the passages apply to re-
buildings of the same temple. The earliest mention of it that we
have met with is in the year B.c. 400, on an inscription in which it
is described to be in the area of Vulcan: this is known to have been
at the foot of the Capitol, between the temples of Saturn and of
Concord, which had been built in it; these were almost in the Forum
Romanum, but within the boundary of the Capitol; the entrance
to this early fortress was the Porta Saturnii, or gate of Saturn, and
the temple of Saturn was just within the wall on the western side,
that of Concord on the eastern side. The level within the wall is
higher than that of the Forum proper, but all the space outside of
the Tabularium was commonly considered as part of the Forum,
although it had not been so originally.
Plutarch, in his life of Camillus, says that—
“The Senate, assembled after the death of Camillus, voted that the temple
which he had vowed to Concord should be built upon a spot fronting the Forum
and place of assembly.”
In b.c. 303 a temple of Concord, in the area of Vulcan, was
p Servius in Aineid. Virgil., lib. ii. c. 8, and Ivi. c. 25.
v. 116. r Ibid., lib. lviii. c. II.
q a.u.c. 747, Dion Cassius, lib. lv.