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CERMALUS—CIRCUS FLAMINIUS
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Cermalus : the original name of the western and north-western part of
the Palatine hill (v. Palatium), towards the Velabrum and vicus Tuscus
(Varro, LL v. 54; Plut. Rom. 3), which was one of the montes of the
Septimontium (Fest. 341, 348). The name continued in use during the
early empire (Cic. ad Att. iv. 3. 3 ; Liv. xxxiii. 26 ; Plut. loc. cit. ; cf.
Clem Alex. Strom, i. 21. 108. 3 : Κεφμαλορ), but it may have been limited
at that time to a street, perhaps the Cermalus min(or or -usculus) of an
inscription (CIL vi. 33920 ; cf. Eranos 1923, 54).
Ceroliensis : 1 two variants of the same word, found only in a corrupt
Ceroniensis : J passage in Varro (LL v. 47). The adjective form used here
with locus points to a substantive Cerolia or Cerniae, which may also
have been in use. This was the name of the valley between the Caelian
hill and the Carinae, partly occupied afterwards by the Colosseum
(HJ 221 ; Wissowa, Ges. Abh. 245 ; Jord. ii. 245-246).
Chalcidicum : * an annex to the Curia Iulia built by Augustus (Mon. Anc.
iv. I ; cf. Mommsen, ad loc.), called to Άθήναιον (Cass. Dio li. 22). It
seems to have been a sort of porticus—perhaps a repository for records
(RE iii. 2039). The Chalcidicum was probably what was afterwards
called the Atrium Minervae (Not. Reg. VIII; Jord. i. 2. 255), and in the
Curia of Diocletian (q.v.) it was the central court, through which the via
Bonella now runs. See DR 336-338.
Cicinenses : found in one inscription (CIL vi. 9103=31895). It is to be
connected with Sicininum (q.v.), and was in the vicinity of S. Maria
Maggiore. See Hiilsen in Geogr. Jahrb. 1911, 192.
Ciconiae Nixae : mentioned only in the Regionary Catalogue in Region IX
in just this form, but doubtless referred to as ad Nixas in the calendar
of Philocalus (a. 354 ad id. Oct. ; CIL i2. p. 332), and as de Ciconiis on an
inscription (CIL vi. 1785=31931). It designated a certain district,
probably an open square, on the bank of the Tiber, in which there was a
statue, or perhaps a relief on one of the surrounding buildings, of two or
more storks with crossed bills. It was probably a little south of the
Mausoleum Augusti, near the present Piazza Nicosia, and seems to have
been a landing-place for wine (CP 1908, 70-71).
Cimbrum : see Nymphaeum.
Cincia : the site of the monumentum Cinciorum (Fest. 57), i.e. the
tomb of the Cincii, and perhaps their house also. Elsewhere (Fest. 262)
the site of this tomb is called Statuae Cinciae, and identified with that
of the porta Romanula of the ancient Palatine settlement.
Circus Flaminius :* built by C. Flaminius Nepos while censor in 221 b.c.
It was in the prata Flaminia (q.v. ; Liv. iii. 54. 15), in the southern part
of the campus Martius (Liv. ep. 20 ; Fest. 89 ; Cassiod. Chron. ad a. 534),
and was named after its builder, although Varro says (LL v. 154) that it
took its name from a Campus Flaminius (q.v.). In it were celebrated the
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Cermalus : the original name of the western and north-western part of
the Palatine hill (v. Palatium), towards the Velabrum and vicus Tuscus
(Varro, LL v. 54; Plut. Rom. 3), which was one of the montes of the
Septimontium (Fest. 341, 348). The name continued in use during the
early empire (Cic. ad Att. iv. 3. 3 ; Liv. xxxiii. 26 ; Plut. loc. cit. ; cf.
Clem Alex. Strom, i. 21. 108. 3 : Κεφμαλορ), but it may have been limited
at that time to a street, perhaps the Cermalus min(or or -usculus) of an
inscription (CIL vi. 33920 ; cf. Eranos 1923, 54).
Ceroliensis : 1 two variants of the same word, found only in a corrupt
Ceroniensis : J passage in Varro (LL v. 47). The adjective form used here
with locus points to a substantive Cerolia or Cerniae, which may also
have been in use. This was the name of the valley between the Caelian
hill and the Carinae, partly occupied afterwards by the Colosseum
(HJ 221 ; Wissowa, Ges. Abh. 245 ; Jord. ii. 245-246).
Chalcidicum : * an annex to the Curia Iulia built by Augustus (Mon. Anc.
iv. I ; cf. Mommsen, ad loc.), called to Άθήναιον (Cass. Dio li. 22). It
seems to have been a sort of porticus—perhaps a repository for records
(RE iii. 2039). The Chalcidicum was probably what was afterwards
called the Atrium Minervae (Not. Reg. VIII; Jord. i. 2. 255), and in the
Curia of Diocletian (q.v.) it was the central court, through which the via
Bonella now runs. See DR 336-338.
Cicinenses : found in one inscription (CIL vi. 9103=31895). It is to be
connected with Sicininum (q.v.), and was in the vicinity of S. Maria
Maggiore. See Hiilsen in Geogr. Jahrb. 1911, 192.
Ciconiae Nixae : mentioned only in the Regionary Catalogue in Region IX
in just this form, but doubtless referred to as ad Nixas in the calendar
of Philocalus (a. 354 ad id. Oct. ; CIL i2. p. 332), and as de Ciconiis on an
inscription (CIL vi. 1785=31931). It designated a certain district,
probably an open square, on the bank of the Tiber, in which there was a
statue, or perhaps a relief on one of the surrounding buildings, of two or
more storks with crossed bills. It was probably a little south of the
Mausoleum Augusti, near the present Piazza Nicosia, and seems to have
been a landing-place for wine (CP 1908, 70-71).
Cimbrum : see Nymphaeum.
Cincia : the site of the monumentum Cinciorum (Fest. 57), i.e. the
tomb of the Cincii, and perhaps their house also. Elsewhere (Fest. 262)
the site of this tomb is called Statuae Cinciae, and identified with that
of the porta Romanula of the ancient Palatine settlement.
Circus Flaminius :* built by C. Flaminius Nepos while censor in 221 b.c.
It was in the prata Flaminia (q.v. ; Liv. iii. 54. 15), in the southern part
of the campus Martius (Liv. ep. 20 ; Fest. 89 ; Cassiod. Chron. ad a. 534),
and was named after its builder, although Varro says (LL v. 154) that it
took its name from a Campus Flaminius (q.v.). In it were celebrated the