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02 AUGUSTUS MONS—AUGUSTUS, DIVUS, TEMPLUM
Augustus Mons : the name given to the Caelian hill by the senate in
27 a.d., in gratitude to Tiberius for his generosity in repairing the
ravages of a great fire on that hill, and in recognition of the miraculous
preservation of a statue of the emperor (Suet. Tib. 48 ; Tac. Ann. iv. 64).
There is no record of the use of the name, and it probably did not survive
after the death of Tiberius even in official documents.
Augustus, ara : an altar known only from the Praenestine Calendar
(Hemerol. Praen. ad xvi kal. Febr., CIL i2. p. 308), that was dedicated
by Tiberius, probably in the lifetime of Augustus. Its location is un-
known.
Augustus, Divus, sacrarium : a shrine of the deified Augustus on the
Palatine, on the site of his birthplace Ad Capita Bubula (q.v.). It
was standing in the time of Suetonius, but is mentioned only by him
(Aug. 5 ; cf. Gilbert iii. I2l).
Augustus, Divus, templum* (Avyot/o-reZop or ηρωον, Cass. Dio) : a temple
of the deified Augustus, built by Tiberius (Cass. Dio Ivii. 10. 2), or by
Tiberius and Livia (ib. lvi. 46. 3 ; the assignment to Livia alone by
Pliny (NH xii. 94) is of course an error. According to Suetonius, Tiberius
did not finish the temple, and it was completed by Caligula (Tib. 47 :
quae sola susceperat Augusti templum restitutionemque Pompeiani
theatri imperfecta post tot annos reliquit ; Cal. 21 : opera sub Tiberio
semiperfecta templum Augusti theatrumque Pompeii absolvit). Tacitus,
however, says that Tiberius finished the temple, but for some reason did
not dedicate it (Ann. vi. 45 : struxit templum Augusto et scaenam
Pompeiani theatri, eaque perfecta contemptu ambitionis an per
senectutem haud dedicavit), agreeing in this with Dio (locc. citt). In this
temple were statues of Augustus (see below) of Livia, set up by Claudius
(Cass. Dio lx. 5), and probably of other emperors who were deified (see
below). It was destroyed by fire at some time before 79 a.d. (Plin. loc.
cit.) : in Palatii templo quod fecerat divo Augusto coniunx Augusta . . .
guttae editae annis omnibus in grana durabantur donee id delubrum
incendio consumptum est), but restored, probably by Domitian, who
seems to have constructed in connection with it a shrine of his patron
goddess, Minerva (Mart. iv. 53. 1-2 : hunc quem saepe vides intra pene-
tralia nostrae Pallados et templi limina, Cosme, novi), regularly referred
to in diplomata honestae missionis after 90 a.d. which were fixa in muro
post templum divi Augusti ad Minervam (CIL iii. pp. 859, 861, Suppl.
p. 2035 ; 1 see Templum Minervae, and Richmond in Essays and Studies
presented to William Ridgeway, Cambridge, 1914, 207-210). A consider-
able restoration was carried out by Antoninus Pius, whose coins (Cohen
1-12, 618, 797-810 ; cf. E1C fig. 100) show an octastyle building with
Corinthian capitals, and two statues, presumably of Augustus and Livia,
in the cella. The last reference to the temple is on a diploma of 248
1 Cf. CIL v. 4056, 4091.
Augustus Mons : the name given to the Caelian hill by the senate in
27 a.d., in gratitude to Tiberius for his generosity in repairing the
ravages of a great fire on that hill, and in recognition of the miraculous
preservation of a statue of the emperor (Suet. Tib. 48 ; Tac. Ann. iv. 64).
There is no record of the use of the name, and it probably did not survive
after the death of Tiberius even in official documents.
Augustus, ara : an altar known only from the Praenestine Calendar
(Hemerol. Praen. ad xvi kal. Febr., CIL i2. p. 308), that was dedicated
by Tiberius, probably in the lifetime of Augustus. Its location is un-
known.
Augustus, Divus, sacrarium : a shrine of the deified Augustus on the
Palatine, on the site of his birthplace Ad Capita Bubula (q.v.). It
was standing in the time of Suetonius, but is mentioned only by him
(Aug. 5 ; cf. Gilbert iii. I2l).
Augustus, Divus, templum* (Avyot/o-reZop or ηρωον, Cass. Dio) : a temple
of the deified Augustus, built by Tiberius (Cass. Dio Ivii. 10. 2), or by
Tiberius and Livia (ib. lvi. 46. 3 ; the assignment to Livia alone by
Pliny (NH xii. 94) is of course an error. According to Suetonius, Tiberius
did not finish the temple, and it was completed by Caligula (Tib. 47 :
quae sola susceperat Augusti templum restitutionemque Pompeiani
theatri imperfecta post tot annos reliquit ; Cal. 21 : opera sub Tiberio
semiperfecta templum Augusti theatrumque Pompeii absolvit). Tacitus,
however, says that Tiberius finished the temple, but for some reason did
not dedicate it (Ann. vi. 45 : struxit templum Augusto et scaenam
Pompeiani theatri, eaque perfecta contemptu ambitionis an per
senectutem haud dedicavit), agreeing in this with Dio (locc. citt). In this
temple were statues of Augustus (see below) of Livia, set up by Claudius
(Cass. Dio lx. 5), and probably of other emperors who were deified (see
below). It was destroyed by fire at some time before 79 a.d. (Plin. loc.
cit.) : in Palatii templo quod fecerat divo Augusto coniunx Augusta . . .
guttae editae annis omnibus in grana durabantur donee id delubrum
incendio consumptum est), but restored, probably by Domitian, who
seems to have constructed in connection with it a shrine of his patron
goddess, Minerva (Mart. iv. 53. 1-2 : hunc quem saepe vides intra pene-
tralia nostrae Pallados et templi limina, Cosme, novi), regularly referred
to in diplomata honestae missionis after 90 a.d. which were fixa in muro
post templum divi Augusti ad Minervam (CIL iii. pp. 859, 861, Suppl.
p. 2035 ; 1 see Templum Minervae, and Richmond in Essays and Studies
presented to William Ridgeway, Cambridge, 1914, 207-210). A consider-
able restoration was carried out by Antoninus Pius, whose coins (Cohen
1-12, 618, 797-810 ; cf. E1C fig. 100) show an octastyle building with
Corinthian capitals, and two statues, presumably of Augustus and Livia,
in the cella. The last reference to the temple is on a diploma of 248
1 Cf. CIL v. 4056, 4091.