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CLIVUS ORBIUS—CLIVUS RUTARIUS
xxxviii. 28 ; Ov. Fast. vi. 191-2). This via Tecta is to be distinguished
from the via Tecta in the campus Martius.
Clivus Orbius (Urbius) : the earliest name of a street that led up the
Carinae to the top of the Oppius, crossing the vicus Cuprius (Sol. i. 25 ;
Liv. i. 48). In this street Tullia is said to have murdered her father,
and it was afterwards called vicus Sceleratus (Liv. loc. cit. ; Dionys.
iv. 39; Varro, LL v. 159; de vir. ill. 7. 18; Fest. 332, 333; Ov. Fast,
vi. 609). The line of the Vicus Cuprius (q.v.) seems fairly certain,
approximately that of the Via del Cardello and Via del Colosseo, and there-
fore the clivus Orbius probably corresponded in part at least with the
Via di S. Pietro in Vincoli, where ancient pavement has been found
(HJ 258). Pais (Legends 273) locates it farther south, within the area
of the domus Aurea, but with less plausibility.
Clivus Palatinus, the name applied for convenience (it has no ancient
warranty) to the road ascending to the Palatine from the Sacra Via (q.v.)
near the Arch of Titus. A small piece of its pavement belonging to the
time of Sulla was found at about 29 metres above sea-level, and consider-
able remains of that laid by Augustus at a slightly higher level have been
found near the Arch of Titus. That of Nero was slightly higher again
and was about 17 m. wide (AJA 1923, 397 sqq. ; Mem. Am. Acad. v.
121-123). [Dr. Van Deman has since shown me that the arcade of
Nero ran up as far as the arch attributed to Domitian by Boni, and by
her to Augustus (see Arcus Domitiani (i), T.A.]
Clivus Patrici : see Vicus Patricius.
Clivus Publicius : a street constructed and paved by Lucius and Marcus
Publicius Malleolus, who were curule aediles about 238 b.c. (Fest. 238 ;
Varro, LL v. 158 ; Ov. Fast. v. 293-4). It began in the forum Boarium,
near the west end of the circus Maximus and the porta Trigemina
(Frontin. 5 ; Liv. xxvii. 37), and must have extended across the Aventine
in a southerly direction (Liv. xxvi. 10), past the temple of Diana to the
Vicus Piscinae Publicae (q.v.). It was said to have been burned
to the ground in 203 b.c. (Liv. xxx. 26), which must mean that it was
thickly built up.
Clivus Pullius : a street running south from the Subura across the
western end of the Oppius to the Fagutal (Sol. i. 26 ; Varro, LL v. 158),
passing the point now occupied by the church of S. Pietro in Vincoli.
An inscription of the end of the fourth century (CIL vi. 31893 ; BC
1 354_355) was found here which mentioned the clivumpullenses, and
until the end of the sixteenth century the line of the street was marked
by the church of S. Giovanni in Carapullo or in clivo Plumbeo (HJ 257 ;
BC 1907, 180 ; HCh 271).
Clivus Rutarius : mentioned only in one inscription (CIL vi. 7803),
from which it cannot be determined whether it is the name of a part of the
via Aurelia outside the porta Aurelia, or of another street running into this.
CLIVUS ORBIUS—CLIVUS RUTARIUS
xxxviii. 28 ; Ov. Fast. vi. 191-2). This via Tecta is to be distinguished
from the via Tecta in the campus Martius.
Clivus Orbius (Urbius) : the earliest name of a street that led up the
Carinae to the top of the Oppius, crossing the vicus Cuprius (Sol. i. 25 ;
Liv. i. 48). In this street Tullia is said to have murdered her father,
and it was afterwards called vicus Sceleratus (Liv. loc. cit. ; Dionys.
iv. 39; Varro, LL v. 159; de vir. ill. 7. 18; Fest. 332, 333; Ov. Fast,
vi. 609). The line of the Vicus Cuprius (q.v.) seems fairly certain,
approximately that of the Via del Cardello and Via del Colosseo, and there-
fore the clivus Orbius probably corresponded in part at least with the
Via di S. Pietro in Vincoli, where ancient pavement has been found
(HJ 258). Pais (Legends 273) locates it farther south, within the area
of the domus Aurea, but with less plausibility.
Clivus Palatinus, the name applied for convenience (it has no ancient
warranty) to the road ascending to the Palatine from the Sacra Via (q.v.)
near the Arch of Titus. A small piece of its pavement belonging to the
time of Sulla was found at about 29 metres above sea-level, and consider-
able remains of that laid by Augustus at a slightly higher level have been
found near the Arch of Titus. That of Nero was slightly higher again
and was about 17 m. wide (AJA 1923, 397 sqq. ; Mem. Am. Acad. v.
121-123). [Dr. Van Deman has since shown me that the arcade of
Nero ran up as far as the arch attributed to Domitian by Boni, and by
her to Augustus (see Arcus Domitiani (i), T.A.]
Clivus Patrici : see Vicus Patricius.
Clivus Publicius : a street constructed and paved by Lucius and Marcus
Publicius Malleolus, who were curule aediles about 238 b.c. (Fest. 238 ;
Varro, LL v. 158 ; Ov. Fast. v. 293-4). It began in the forum Boarium,
near the west end of the circus Maximus and the porta Trigemina
(Frontin. 5 ; Liv. xxvii. 37), and must have extended across the Aventine
in a southerly direction (Liv. xxvi. 10), past the temple of Diana to the
Vicus Piscinae Publicae (q.v.). It was said to have been burned
to the ground in 203 b.c. (Liv. xxx. 26), which must mean that it was
thickly built up.
Clivus Pullius : a street running south from the Subura across the
western end of the Oppius to the Fagutal (Sol. i. 26 ; Varro, LL v. 158),
passing the point now occupied by the church of S. Pietro in Vincoli.
An inscription of the end of the fourth century (CIL vi. 31893 ; BC
1 354_355) was found here which mentioned the clivumpullenses, and
until the end of the sixteenth century the line of the street was marked
by the church of S. Giovanni in Carapullo or in clivo Plumbeo (HJ 257 ;
BC 1907, 180 ; HCh 271).
Clivus Rutarius : mentioned only in one inscription (CIL vi. 7803),
from which it cannot be determined whether it is the name of a part of the
via Aurelia outside the porta Aurelia, or of another street running into this.