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COLUMNA ROSTRATA—COMITIUM
lii. i. (1889) 183-194 had already supposed). Cf. Jord. i. 2. 246; Mitt.
1891, 88-90; 1902, 58-59; 1905, 68; Atti 577-580 ; HC 96-97; RE
Suppl. iv. 501, 502.
Columna Rostrata (M. Aemilii Paulli) : a column, adorned with the beaks
of ships, erected on the Capitoline in honour of M. Aemilius Paullus,
consul in 255 b.c., and destroyed by lightning in 172 b.c. (Liv. xlii. 20. 1).
Columna Rostrata Augusti : a gilded column, decorated with rostra,
erected in the forum after Octavian’s return to Rome in 36 b.c., to
commemorate his victory over Sextus Pompeius (App. BC v. 130). The
column was surmounted with a statue of Octavian and is represented
on a coin issued between 35 and 28 b.c. (Cohen, Aug. 124; BM. Aug.
633-6). Servius (ad Georg, iii. 29 : navali surgentes aere columnas)
says that after his conquest of Egypt Augustus melted down many of the
beaks of the captured ships and constructed four columns, which Domitian
removed to the Capitoline where they stood in Servius’ day. Where
they were erected by Augustus, and whether they were rostratae in the
ordinary sense, is uncertain.
Columna Rostrata C. Duilii : that one of the two columnae rostratae,
erected by C. Duilius in honour of his naval victory over the Carthaginians
in 260 b.c., which stood ‘ ante circum a parte ianuarum ’ (Servius ad
Georg, iii. 29).
Columna Rostrata C. Duilii : the second and more famous of these two
columns mentioned above (Serv. loc. cit. ; Plin. NH xxxiv. 20 ; Quint,
i. 7. 12). It stood either on or near the rostra, and with its archaic
inscription seems to have been restored about 150 b.c. (CP 1919, 74-82 ;
1920, 176-183), and again later by Augustus (CIL i2. 25) or Tiberius
(or perhaps Claudius). Part of this restored inscription (CIL vi. 1300
= 31591 ; Miinchener Sitz.-Ber. 1890, 293-321) was discovered in 1565
(LS ii. 188) and is still preserved in the Palazzo dei Conservatori (HF 890).1
Columna Traiani : see Forum Traiani.
Comitium :* the place of assembly of ancient Rome (Varro, LL v. 155 :
comitium ab eo quod coibant eo comitiis curiatis et litium causa). Until
Mommsen’s article (Ann. d. Inst. 1845, 288-318) the comitium was
believed to have been a building situated at the east end of the forum.
In reality it was an open space, upon which troops could march (Liv. v. 55),
and prodigies such as the raining of blood could be observed (ib. xxxiv. 45);
and when it is spoken of as tectum (ib. xxvii. 36), this only means that
awnings were spread over it (cf. Plin. NH xix. 23). Its site was
1 Cf. Mitt. 1890, 306 ; 1891, 90 ; DR 471, 472 ; CIL vi. 31611 (=i2. p. 193, χΐ·)· The
inscription of the column has since been transferred to the Museo Mussolini (Bocconi,
Musei Capitolini, 278). There are records of payments for placing it in its niche in 1572
(Arch. Boccapaduli Arm. n. Mazzo iv. No. 52), while Marchionne was not paid till 1574
‘ per hauer fatto la colonna rostrata di suo marmo et li sei rostri et il capitello et la basa
di marmo del po(polo Romano) et ristaurato il piedistallo et messolo insieme co(n) le
inscrittioni antique ' (ib. Arm. n. No. iv. f. 79).
COLUMNA ROSTRATA—COMITIUM
lii. i. (1889) 183-194 had already supposed). Cf. Jord. i. 2. 246; Mitt.
1891, 88-90; 1902, 58-59; 1905, 68; Atti 577-580 ; HC 96-97; RE
Suppl. iv. 501, 502.
Columna Rostrata (M. Aemilii Paulli) : a column, adorned with the beaks
of ships, erected on the Capitoline in honour of M. Aemilius Paullus,
consul in 255 b.c., and destroyed by lightning in 172 b.c. (Liv. xlii. 20. 1).
Columna Rostrata Augusti : a gilded column, decorated with rostra,
erected in the forum after Octavian’s return to Rome in 36 b.c., to
commemorate his victory over Sextus Pompeius (App. BC v. 130). The
column was surmounted with a statue of Octavian and is represented
on a coin issued between 35 and 28 b.c. (Cohen, Aug. 124; BM. Aug.
633-6). Servius (ad Georg, iii. 29 : navali surgentes aere columnas)
says that after his conquest of Egypt Augustus melted down many of the
beaks of the captured ships and constructed four columns, which Domitian
removed to the Capitoline where they stood in Servius’ day. Where
they were erected by Augustus, and whether they were rostratae in the
ordinary sense, is uncertain.
Columna Rostrata C. Duilii : that one of the two columnae rostratae,
erected by C. Duilius in honour of his naval victory over the Carthaginians
in 260 b.c., which stood ‘ ante circum a parte ianuarum ’ (Servius ad
Georg, iii. 29).
Columna Rostrata C. Duilii : the second and more famous of these two
columns mentioned above (Serv. loc. cit. ; Plin. NH xxxiv. 20 ; Quint,
i. 7. 12). It stood either on or near the rostra, and with its archaic
inscription seems to have been restored about 150 b.c. (CP 1919, 74-82 ;
1920, 176-183), and again later by Augustus (CIL i2. 25) or Tiberius
(or perhaps Claudius). Part of this restored inscription (CIL vi. 1300
= 31591 ; Miinchener Sitz.-Ber. 1890, 293-321) was discovered in 1565
(LS ii. 188) and is still preserved in the Palazzo dei Conservatori (HF 890).1
Columna Traiani : see Forum Traiani.
Comitium :* the place of assembly of ancient Rome (Varro, LL v. 155 :
comitium ab eo quod coibant eo comitiis curiatis et litium causa). Until
Mommsen’s article (Ann. d. Inst. 1845, 288-318) the comitium was
believed to have been a building situated at the east end of the forum.
In reality it was an open space, upon which troops could march (Liv. v. 55),
and prodigies such as the raining of blood could be observed (ib. xxxiv. 45);
and when it is spoken of as tectum (ib. xxvii. 36), this only means that
awnings were spread over it (cf. Plin. NH xix. 23). Its site was
1 Cf. Mitt. 1890, 306 ; 1891, 90 ; DR 471, 472 ; CIL vi. 31611 (=i2. p. 193, χΐ·)· The
inscription of the column has since been transferred to the Museo Mussolini (Bocconi,
Musei Capitolini, 278). There are records of payments for placing it in its niche in 1572
(Arch. Boccapaduli Arm. n. Mazzo iv. No. 52), while Marchionne was not paid till 1574
‘ per hauer fatto la colonna rostrata di suo marmo et li sei rostri et il capitello et la basa
di marmo del po(polo Romano) et ristaurato il piedistallo et messolo insieme co(n) le
inscrittioni antique ' (ib. Arm. n. No. iv. f. 79).