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COMPITUM ACILII—CONCORDIA 137
dedication to Constantius by Memmius Vitrasius Orfitus and a third
with scanty traces of a dedication to Iulianus.
At various points in the comitium are twenty-one small, shallow pits
made of slabs of tufa set vertically, of various shapes ; they are generally
covered with stone slabs, and are similar to those found in the forum,
which, however, are rectangular. Most of those in the comitium were
filled with debris of the end of the republic. Their purpose is quite
uncertain—they may have served to contain the remains of sacrifices,
and are therefore called ‘ pozzi rituali ’ ; or they may have served (though
this seems unlikely) to carry away rain water ; or they may have been
intended to hold wooden posts (like flagstaffs) for festivals (ZA 77).
See Mitt. 1893, 79-94 ; 1902, 32-39 ; 1905, 29-39 ; NS 1899, 151-169 ;
1900, 317-340; BC 1900, 274-280; 1903, 125-134; CR 1899, 232-234;
1900, 236-237 ; 1901, 85-87 ; 1905, 77-78 ; 1906, 133-135 ; Petersen,
Comitium, Rostra, Grab des Romulus (Rome 1904) ; Pinza, Il Comizio
Romano nell’ Eta Repubblicana (Rome 1905) ; RL 1900, 289-303 ;
HC 113-116; DR 295-317 ; RE Suppl. iv. 487-489.
Compitum Acilii : probably the intersection of the Vicus Cuprius (q.v.)1
and another street that ran north-east, up and across the Carinae.
This compitum is mentioned twice. Near it was the Tigillum Sororium
(Hemerol. Arv. ad Kai. Oct. = CIL vi. 32482), and a shop that was bought
by the state for Archagathus, the first Greek physician who came to
Rome, in 229 b.c. (Plin. NH xxix. 12; cf. Mommsen, Munzwesen 632).
Compitum Aliarium :2 the intersection of two or more streets of unknown
location, which is mentioned only in four inscriptions (CIL vi. 4476,
997E 33157; bc 1913,81).
Compitum Fabricium : evidently the intersection of the vicus Fabricius
(CIL vi. 975) and some other street, where there was also a lacus. It
was near the Curiae Novae (q.v. : Fest. 174), and very probably on the
western slope of the Caelian hill. It is said to have received its name
(Placidus 45, Deuerl.) from the fact that a house was given to
Fabricius at this point ob reciperatos de hostibus captivos. The Fabricius
referred to is probably the ambassador to Pyrrhus in 278 b.c. (cf. Cic.
Brut. 55). The vicus Fabricii is known only from the Capitoline Base,
where it is the last street in Regio I (RE vi. 1930 ; HJ 201).
Concordia, aedes : a temple to Concord on the arx, vowed probably
by the praetor L. Manlius in 218 b.c. after he had quelled a mutiny among
his troops in Cisalpine Gaul (Liv. xxii. 33. 7 ; cf. xxvi. 23. 4). It was
begun in 217 and dedicated on 5th February, 216 (Liv. xxiii. 21. 7 ;
Hemerol. Praen. ad Non. Feb., Concordiae in Arce ;3 CIL i2. p. 233, 309 ;
1 Two churches, S. Maria and S. Nicholas, which lay between these streets, were called
'inter duo ’ or ‘ inter duas ’ (HCh 340, 394).
2 There seems to be no warrant for the form Alliarium (Thes. Ling. Lat.). The deriva-
tion is from alium (garlic).
3 For the discovery of this fragment of the Fasti Praenestini, see DAP 2. xv. 330.
dedication to Constantius by Memmius Vitrasius Orfitus and a third
with scanty traces of a dedication to Iulianus.
At various points in the comitium are twenty-one small, shallow pits
made of slabs of tufa set vertically, of various shapes ; they are generally
covered with stone slabs, and are similar to those found in the forum,
which, however, are rectangular. Most of those in the comitium were
filled with debris of the end of the republic. Their purpose is quite
uncertain—they may have served to contain the remains of sacrifices,
and are therefore called ‘ pozzi rituali ’ ; or they may have served (though
this seems unlikely) to carry away rain water ; or they may have been
intended to hold wooden posts (like flagstaffs) for festivals (ZA 77).
See Mitt. 1893, 79-94 ; 1902, 32-39 ; 1905, 29-39 ; NS 1899, 151-169 ;
1900, 317-340; BC 1900, 274-280; 1903, 125-134; CR 1899, 232-234;
1900, 236-237 ; 1901, 85-87 ; 1905, 77-78 ; 1906, 133-135 ; Petersen,
Comitium, Rostra, Grab des Romulus (Rome 1904) ; Pinza, Il Comizio
Romano nell’ Eta Repubblicana (Rome 1905) ; RL 1900, 289-303 ;
HC 113-116; DR 295-317 ; RE Suppl. iv. 487-489.
Compitum Acilii : probably the intersection of the Vicus Cuprius (q.v.)1
and another street that ran north-east, up and across the Carinae.
This compitum is mentioned twice. Near it was the Tigillum Sororium
(Hemerol. Arv. ad Kai. Oct. = CIL vi. 32482), and a shop that was bought
by the state for Archagathus, the first Greek physician who came to
Rome, in 229 b.c. (Plin. NH xxix. 12; cf. Mommsen, Munzwesen 632).
Compitum Aliarium :2 the intersection of two or more streets of unknown
location, which is mentioned only in four inscriptions (CIL vi. 4476,
997E 33157; bc 1913,81).
Compitum Fabricium : evidently the intersection of the vicus Fabricius
(CIL vi. 975) and some other street, where there was also a lacus. It
was near the Curiae Novae (q.v. : Fest. 174), and very probably on the
western slope of the Caelian hill. It is said to have received its name
(Placidus 45, Deuerl.) from the fact that a house was given to
Fabricius at this point ob reciperatos de hostibus captivos. The Fabricius
referred to is probably the ambassador to Pyrrhus in 278 b.c. (cf. Cic.
Brut. 55). The vicus Fabricii is known only from the Capitoline Base,
where it is the last street in Regio I (RE vi. 1930 ; HJ 201).
Concordia, aedes : a temple to Concord on the arx, vowed probably
by the praetor L. Manlius in 218 b.c. after he had quelled a mutiny among
his troops in Cisalpine Gaul (Liv. xxii. 33. 7 ; cf. xxvi. 23. 4). It was
begun in 217 and dedicated on 5th February, 216 (Liv. xxiii. 21. 7 ;
Hemerol. Praen. ad Non. Feb., Concordiae in Arce ;3 CIL i2. p. 233, 309 ;
1 Two churches, S. Maria and S. Nicholas, which lay between these streets, were called
'inter duo ’ or ‘ inter duas ’ (HCh 340, 394).
2 There seems to be no warrant for the form Alliarium (Thes. Ling. Lat.). The deriva-
tion is from alium (garlic).
3 For the discovery of this fragment of the Fasti Praenestini, see DAP 2. xv. 330.