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AURA—AVENTINUS MONS
65
1905, 84-94; CR 1901, 141-142, 329; 1902, 95-96, 284; HC 161-180;
Gruneisen, S. Marie Antique (Rome, 1911) ; Wilpert, Mosaiken und
Malereien, text, passim, pls. 133-135 ; 142-146; 151-158; 178-187;
227-228 ; Leclercq in Cabrol, Diet. v. 2006-2047 > RE Suppl. iv. 471-473).
The original purpose of the whole group has not yet been determined.
Against the identification with the templum divi Augusti we may note
(a) that no traces attributable to the original temple have so far been
found below the level of the building of Domitian, and that there is indeed
no room for any such structure, (ά) that what lies before us does not
agree with the representation on the coins of Antoninus Pius, which
would of course show the portico added to the building by Hadrian
(AJA 1924, 397). And if the front hall cannot be the temple of Augustus,
it is hard to see how the hall behind it can be called the temple of
Minerva, or how S. Maria Antiqua can be identified with the bibliotheca,
even if the suitability of its plan be admitted. On the other hand, it is
difficult—we may say impossible—to find any other place for the temple
of Augustus, which, as we have seen, was still in existence in 248 a.d.
The theory that the whole group may have taken the place of the great
peristyle which Caligula erected as a vestibule to the imperial palace
on the Palatine above, and have been an imperial reception hall, is
rendered improbable by the inadequacy of the approaches from the
front hall to those at the back (S. Maria Antiqua) ; see Domus Tiberiana.
See Hiilsen, cit. supra ; CR 1902, 95 ; JRS 1919, 177 ; Boll. d’Arte, 1921,
356 sqq. ; Jahrb. d. Inst. XjXxvi. 1-36 ; AJA 1924, 368-398 ; ZA 91-95.
Aura : mentioned only in the Regionary Catalogue, in Region IV, but
preserved in certain mediaeval documents wTiere it designates a
locality behind the basilica of Constantine. It was probably a statue
of the nymph Aura who was beloved of Dionysus, and threw herself into
the Sangarius (Mitt. 1907, 429-433; BPW 1914, 382; HCh 177, 312,
316, 584, 596). For the Arcus Aurae, see Forum Nervae (LPD ii. 346 ;
Liber Censuum, ii. 162 ; HCh 177, 312). For representations of Aura,
see Mitt. 1886, 126, 127 ; and (perhaps) Petersen, Ara Pacis Augustae,
pl. iii. p. 52 ; but cf. SScR 21.
Aurelii : see Monumentum Aureliorum.
Aureum Bucinum : an erroneous reading of one MS. of the Notitia, where
we should read aura(m), bucinum with the Curiosum (BPW 1914, 382).
Aventinus Mons : the southernmost of the hills of Rome, stretching
south-east from the Tiber; it is trapezoidal in shape, with sides that
measure, beginning with that towards the river, about 500, 600, 750,
600 metres in length. It rises abruptly from the bank of the river on
the north and south-west. Its height near S. Alessio is 46 metres above
sea-level. Along the south-east side of this trapezoidal hill is a depression,
through which ran the ancient Vicus Portae Raudusculanae (q.v.),
followed by the modern Viale di porta S. Paolo, and beyond this depression
A.D.R.
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65
1905, 84-94; CR 1901, 141-142, 329; 1902, 95-96, 284; HC 161-180;
Gruneisen, S. Marie Antique (Rome, 1911) ; Wilpert, Mosaiken und
Malereien, text, passim, pls. 133-135 ; 142-146; 151-158; 178-187;
227-228 ; Leclercq in Cabrol, Diet. v. 2006-2047 > RE Suppl. iv. 471-473).
The original purpose of the whole group has not yet been determined.
Against the identification with the templum divi Augusti we may note
(a) that no traces attributable to the original temple have so far been
found below the level of the building of Domitian, and that there is indeed
no room for any such structure, (ά) that what lies before us does not
agree with the representation on the coins of Antoninus Pius, which
would of course show the portico added to the building by Hadrian
(AJA 1924, 397). And if the front hall cannot be the temple of Augustus,
it is hard to see how the hall behind it can be called the temple of
Minerva, or how S. Maria Antiqua can be identified with the bibliotheca,
even if the suitability of its plan be admitted. On the other hand, it is
difficult—we may say impossible—to find any other place for the temple
of Augustus, which, as we have seen, was still in existence in 248 a.d.
The theory that the whole group may have taken the place of the great
peristyle which Caligula erected as a vestibule to the imperial palace
on the Palatine above, and have been an imperial reception hall, is
rendered improbable by the inadequacy of the approaches from the
front hall to those at the back (S. Maria Antiqua) ; see Domus Tiberiana.
See Hiilsen, cit. supra ; CR 1902, 95 ; JRS 1919, 177 ; Boll. d’Arte, 1921,
356 sqq. ; Jahrb. d. Inst. XjXxvi. 1-36 ; AJA 1924, 368-398 ; ZA 91-95.
Aura : mentioned only in the Regionary Catalogue, in Region IV, but
preserved in certain mediaeval documents wTiere it designates a
locality behind the basilica of Constantine. It was probably a statue
of the nymph Aura who was beloved of Dionysus, and threw herself into
the Sangarius (Mitt. 1907, 429-433; BPW 1914, 382; HCh 177, 312,
316, 584, 596). For the Arcus Aurae, see Forum Nervae (LPD ii. 346 ;
Liber Censuum, ii. 162 ; HCh 177, 312). For representations of Aura,
see Mitt. 1886, 126, 127 ; and (perhaps) Petersen, Ara Pacis Augustae,
pl. iii. p. 52 ; but cf. SScR 21.
Aurelii : see Monumentum Aureliorum.
Aureum Bucinum : an erroneous reading of one MS. of the Notitia, where
we should read aura(m), bucinum with the Curiosum (BPW 1914, 382).
Aventinus Mons : the southernmost of the hills of Rome, stretching
south-east from the Tiber; it is trapezoidal in shape, with sides that
measure, beginning with that towards the river, about 500, 600, 750,
600 metres in length. It rises abruptly from the bank of the river on
the north and south-west. Its height near S. Alessio is 46 metres above
sea-level. Along the south-east side of this trapezoidal hill is a depression,
through which ran the ancient Vicus Portae Raudusculanae (q.v.),
followed by the modern Viale di porta S. Paolo, and beyond this depression
A.D.R.
E