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140 CONSENTES DEI (PORTICUS)—CONSUS
back wall of the cella abutted against the front of the Tabularium, and
a very wide flight of steps led down from the pronaos to the area. So
far as investigations have been carried, they seem to show that the ground
plan of the temple of Opimius was similar to that of Tiberius (see Van
Buren, CR 1906, 82-84, 184 f. for such an investigation, and the traces
of successive structures—II being doubtful—and compare TF 47-49).
The interior of the Augustan cella was surrounded by a row of white
marble columns, standing on a low shelf which projected from the main
wall. This wall contained eleven niches, in the central one of which,
opposite the entrance, a statue of Concord must have stood. The
exterior of the temple was entirely covered with marble, and the building
must have been one of the most beautiful in Rome.
The existing remains consist of the concrete core of the podium,
much of which belongs to the construction of 121 b.c., and is probably the
oldest known concrete in the city (AJA 1912, 244, 245) ; the threshold
of the main entrance, composed of two blocks of Porta Santa marble,
together 7 metres long ; a very few fragments of the marble pavement
of the cella and the pronaos ; and a part of the magnificent cornice, now
in the Tabularium, together with numerous small architectural fragments.
The bases were also very fine—the only perfect example is in the Berlin
museum (No. 1013 ; cf. PBS ii. No. 126b—not 105b). For the cornice,
see Toeb. i. pl. vi., vii. pp. 42-51). In the podium are two chambers which
may have been store-rooms for treasure.
See also DE ii. 572 ; RE iv. 831-833 ; Rosch. i. 914-916 ; Jord,
i. 2. 332-339; HC 93-96 ; LR 288-289; Thed. 122-125, 362-364;
Middleton i. 332-338 ; D’Esp. Fr. i. 83-86 ; DR 170-178 ; Mem. Am.
Acad. v. 53-77 ; RE Suppl. iv. 492-494; ASA 72; HFP 21.
Consentes Dei (Porticus) : see Porticus Deorum Consentium.
Consus, ara : an altar of Consus, an Italic deity of agriculture and the
underworld, whose cult was one of the most ancient in the city and
localised in the valley between the Aventine and Palatine. It was perhaps
dedicated on 1st January, under which date it appears to be mentioned
in Fast. Ant. ap. NS 1921, 83. When the circus Maximus finally occupied
the entire valley, the altar was near the primae metae, that is, at the
south-east end of the permanent spina (Varro, LL vi. 20 ; Dionys. ii. 31 :
βωμός Κώνσου ; Tert, de spect. 5.8). It is named by Tacitus (Ann. xii. 24)
as one of the corners of the Palatine Pomerium (q.v.). This altar was
underground, and covered except at festivals (7th July, 21st August,
15th December), when it was exposed and sacrifices offered on it (Varro,
loc. cit. ; Serv. Aen. viii. 636 ; Plut. Rom. 14 ; Tert. loc. cit. ; HJ 114,
141 ; Rosch. i. 924-927 ; WR 166-167 ; cf. B. Soc. Ant. Fr. 1917, 165-168 ;
AJA 1919, 430, for the position of the altars of Consus at Arles andDougga).
For a theory that the primae metae and the shrine of Murcia (q.v.)
were at the north-west end of the carceres, and that a brick receptacle,
back wall of the cella abutted against the front of the Tabularium, and
a very wide flight of steps led down from the pronaos to the area. So
far as investigations have been carried, they seem to show that the ground
plan of the temple of Opimius was similar to that of Tiberius (see Van
Buren, CR 1906, 82-84, 184 f. for such an investigation, and the traces
of successive structures—II being doubtful—and compare TF 47-49).
The interior of the Augustan cella was surrounded by a row of white
marble columns, standing on a low shelf which projected from the main
wall. This wall contained eleven niches, in the central one of which,
opposite the entrance, a statue of Concord must have stood. The
exterior of the temple was entirely covered with marble, and the building
must have been one of the most beautiful in Rome.
The existing remains consist of the concrete core of the podium,
much of which belongs to the construction of 121 b.c., and is probably the
oldest known concrete in the city (AJA 1912, 244, 245) ; the threshold
of the main entrance, composed of two blocks of Porta Santa marble,
together 7 metres long ; a very few fragments of the marble pavement
of the cella and the pronaos ; and a part of the magnificent cornice, now
in the Tabularium, together with numerous small architectural fragments.
The bases were also very fine—the only perfect example is in the Berlin
museum (No. 1013 ; cf. PBS ii. No. 126b—not 105b). For the cornice,
see Toeb. i. pl. vi., vii. pp. 42-51). In the podium are two chambers which
may have been store-rooms for treasure.
See also DE ii. 572 ; RE iv. 831-833 ; Rosch. i. 914-916 ; Jord,
i. 2. 332-339; HC 93-96 ; LR 288-289; Thed. 122-125, 362-364;
Middleton i. 332-338 ; D’Esp. Fr. i. 83-86 ; DR 170-178 ; Mem. Am.
Acad. v. 53-77 ; RE Suppl. iv. 492-494; ASA 72; HFP 21.
Consentes Dei (Porticus) : see Porticus Deorum Consentium.
Consus, ara : an altar of Consus, an Italic deity of agriculture and the
underworld, whose cult was one of the most ancient in the city and
localised in the valley between the Aventine and Palatine. It was perhaps
dedicated on 1st January, under which date it appears to be mentioned
in Fast. Ant. ap. NS 1921, 83. When the circus Maximus finally occupied
the entire valley, the altar was near the primae metae, that is, at the
south-east end of the permanent spina (Varro, LL vi. 20 ; Dionys. ii. 31 :
βωμός Κώνσου ; Tert, de spect. 5.8). It is named by Tacitus (Ann. xii. 24)
as one of the corners of the Palatine Pomerium (q.v.). This altar was
underground, and covered except at festivals (7th July, 21st August,
15th December), when it was exposed and sacrifices offered on it (Varro,
loc. cit. ; Serv. Aen. viii. 636 ; Plut. Rom. 14 ; Tert. loc. cit. ; HJ 114,
141 ; Rosch. i. 924-927 ; WR 166-167 ; cf. B. Soc. Ant. Fr. 1917, 165-168 ;
AJA 1919, 430, for the position of the altars of Consus at Arles andDougga).
For a theory that the primae metae and the shrine of Murcia (q.v.)
were at the north-west end of the carceres, and that a brick receptacle,