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224 FORUM CAESARIS—FORUM ESQUILINUM
on its way to the crossing of the Tiber at the pons Sublicius (or later the
pons Aemilius), and here intersected the road which ran from the campus
Martius between the Capitol and the river, passing through the porta
Carmentalis and the porta Flumentana, and on to the porta Trigemina.
The road along the valley of the circus Maximus and the clivus Publicius
descending from the Aventine also opened into this narrow level space
between the hills and the river. Thus streets, in later days adorned with
porticoes, radiated from the forum Boarium in all directions (DAP 2. vi.
247-248).
This crowded area was often devastated by fire. It seems to have
lain for the most part within the eleventh region of Augustus, but to
have also included a small portion of the eighth.
Two terminal stones (CIL vi. 919, 31574), one of the period of
Tiberius, the other of Claudius, show that the open space, which was
public property, required protection from encroachment, and define the
eastern boundary as running along the front of the Templum Herculis
Pompeiani (q.v.), which stood in front of the carceres of the circus
Maximus.
Of the temples situated in or near the forum Boarium the round
temple of Hercules Invictus (q.v.), with the ara Maxima close by it, was
the most famous; there were also those of Fortuna, Hercules Pom-
peianus, Mater Matuta, Portunus, Pudicitia Patricia (qq.v.).
Among other monuments were the two fornices erected by L. Ster-
tinius (q.v.). The Busta Gallica and Doliola (q.v.) were probably
primitive tombs, discovered (and misunderstood) in Roman times.
See Jord. i. I. 238, 412 ; 2. 474-487 ; LR 515-516 ; DAP 2. vi. 231-275 ;
HJ 143 ; Pl- 395-403·
Forum Caesaris : see Forum Iulium.
Forum Coquinum : a name used once by Plautus (Pseud. 790), probably
for the Macellum (q.v.), where cooks waited to be hired (Ter. Eun. 255-7).
Forum Cuppedinis : the market where various delicacies were sold
(cuppedia, cf. Walde, Etym. Worterb. s.v.), between the Sacra via and
the Argiletum (Varro, LL v. 146 ; Fest. 48 ; Donat. Ter. Eun. 256). This,
with other separate markets, was incorporated in the Macellum (q.v.) of
Fulvius Nobilior in 179 b.c. (Jord. i. 2. 434). In Symmachus (ep. iii. 19)
it is called forum Cupedinarium.
Forum Esquilinum : an open area on the Esquiline, known from three
inscriptions (CIL vi. 2223, 9179, 9180), one of which was found near
the arch of Gallienus. This forum may perhaps be identified with
that mentioned in two other inscriptions (CIL vi. 1662, 31888) which
record its restoration by Fl. Eurycles Epitynchianus, praef. urbi in
450 a.d. It is probably referred to in Appian (BC i. 58), where the
emended text reads 7rep'i την Αιακυλειον αγοράν. This was the scene
of the conflict between Sulla and Marius in 88 b.c., and the description
on its way to the crossing of the Tiber at the pons Sublicius (or later the
pons Aemilius), and here intersected the road which ran from the campus
Martius between the Capitol and the river, passing through the porta
Carmentalis and the porta Flumentana, and on to the porta Trigemina.
The road along the valley of the circus Maximus and the clivus Publicius
descending from the Aventine also opened into this narrow level space
between the hills and the river. Thus streets, in later days adorned with
porticoes, radiated from the forum Boarium in all directions (DAP 2. vi.
247-248).
This crowded area was often devastated by fire. It seems to have
lain for the most part within the eleventh region of Augustus, but to
have also included a small portion of the eighth.
Two terminal stones (CIL vi. 919, 31574), one of the period of
Tiberius, the other of Claudius, show that the open space, which was
public property, required protection from encroachment, and define the
eastern boundary as running along the front of the Templum Herculis
Pompeiani (q.v.), which stood in front of the carceres of the circus
Maximus.
Of the temples situated in or near the forum Boarium the round
temple of Hercules Invictus (q.v.), with the ara Maxima close by it, was
the most famous; there were also those of Fortuna, Hercules Pom-
peianus, Mater Matuta, Portunus, Pudicitia Patricia (qq.v.).
Among other monuments were the two fornices erected by L. Ster-
tinius (q.v.). The Busta Gallica and Doliola (q.v.) were probably
primitive tombs, discovered (and misunderstood) in Roman times.
See Jord. i. I. 238, 412 ; 2. 474-487 ; LR 515-516 ; DAP 2. vi. 231-275 ;
HJ 143 ; Pl- 395-403·
Forum Caesaris : see Forum Iulium.
Forum Coquinum : a name used once by Plautus (Pseud. 790), probably
for the Macellum (q.v.), where cooks waited to be hired (Ter. Eun. 255-7).
Forum Cuppedinis : the market where various delicacies were sold
(cuppedia, cf. Walde, Etym. Worterb. s.v.), between the Sacra via and
the Argiletum (Varro, LL v. 146 ; Fest. 48 ; Donat. Ter. Eun. 256). This,
with other separate markets, was incorporated in the Macellum (q.v.) of
Fulvius Nobilior in 179 b.c. (Jord. i. 2. 434). In Symmachus (ep. iii. 19)
it is called forum Cupedinarium.
Forum Esquilinum : an open area on the Esquiline, known from three
inscriptions (CIL vi. 2223, 9179, 9180), one of which was found near
the arch of Gallienus. This forum may perhaps be identified with
that mentioned in two other inscriptions (CIL vi. 1662, 31888) which
record its restoration by Fl. Eurycles Epitynchianus, praef. urbi in
450 a.d. It is probably referred to in Appian (BC i. 58), where the
emended text reads 7rep'i την Αιακυλειον αγοράν. This was the scene
of the conflict between Sulla and Marius in 88 b.c., and the description