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262 HORREA GERMANICIANA—HORREA PIPERATARIA
at various points indicate that the horrea were much larger, extending
north-west beyond the present Via Giovanni Branca and as far as the
river to the south-west (BC 1911, 206-208, 246-260 ; 1912, 152 ; 1914,
206; NS 1911, 205, 317, 340, 443; 1912, 121-122; AA 1913, 144).
The construction was mostly in opus reticulatum. Lead pipes with an
inscription of Hadrian were found, and a hoard of coins (149-268 a.d.).
More recently remains of horrea were found just upstream of the new
Ponte Aventino (see Emporium). The descriptions of these horrea by
earlier writers, such as Benjamin of Tudela of the twelfth century (Jord,
ii. 68) and Fabretti (de aquis, 1680, 165 ; RE viii. 2461) are of doubtful
value, as they probably did not distinguish accurately between the
horrea and surrounding buildings, like the Emporium (q.v.). The
remains of the ‘ horrea publica populi Romani ’ were sufficiently con-
spicuous to give their name to a mediaeval region; and we have
records of three churches called ‘ in horrea ’ (HCh 266, 272, 416).
Horrea Germaniciana : see Horrea Agrippiana.
Horrea Leoniana : known only from the dedication of one inscription—
genio horreorum Leonianorum (CIL vi. 237)—without indication of exact
site.
Horrea Lolliana : a warehouse on the bank of the Tiber (FUR frag. 51 ;
CIL vi. 4226, 4226a, 4239, 9467), and probably in Region XIII with the
others rather than on the right bank (HJ 177 ; but cf. NS 1913, 117 ;
DE iii. 986).
Horrea Nervae : possibly on the via Ardeatina, mentioned only in
one inscription (CIL vi. 8681=33744; Mon. L. xiii. 139; DE iii.
987-8; cf. also CIL vi. 33747, which may belong to the period of
Nerva, and was found outside porta Salaria, but not in situ ; see
Horrea Caesaris).
Horrea Peduceiana : only known from one inscription (CIL vi. 33745
. . . pus Caesaeris (sic) . . . arius ex .... is Peduceianis, etc.) which
Henzen (Mitt. 1886, 127) and Dessau (ILS 1626) restore as horrearius ex
horreis Peduceianis, while Htilsen (loc. cit.) and others restore it topiarius
ex Hortis Peduceianis (q.v.).
Horrea Petroniana : known from two sepulchral inscriptions, one
(CIL vi. 3971) of a slave of Nero, the other erected by one M. Aurelius
Xenonianus Aquila, a Bithynian, who had a ‘ statio ’ in these horrea;
as he calls himself πρώτος λιθενπόρων, they must have been among the
marble warehouses (RAP iii. 191-196 ; see Emporium, Marmorata).
Horrea Piperataria : a storehouse and bazaar for the sale of pepper and
spices from Egypt and Arabia (Cass. Dio lxxii. 24), built by Domitian,
burned during the reign of Commodus, and obliterated by the basilica
of Maxentius (Chron. p. 146). Some of the brickwork that has been
found at various times beneath the basilica and just north of it, may
at various points indicate that the horrea were much larger, extending
north-west beyond the present Via Giovanni Branca and as far as the
river to the south-west (BC 1911, 206-208, 246-260 ; 1912, 152 ; 1914,
206; NS 1911, 205, 317, 340, 443; 1912, 121-122; AA 1913, 144).
The construction was mostly in opus reticulatum. Lead pipes with an
inscription of Hadrian were found, and a hoard of coins (149-268 a.d.).
More recently remains of horrea were found just upstream of the new
Ponte Aventino (see Emporium). The descriptions of these horrea by
earlier writers, such as Benjamin of Tudela of the twelfth century (Jord,
ii. 68) and Fabretti (de aquis, 1680, 165 ; RE viii. 2461) are of doubtful
value, as they probably did not distinguish accurately between the
horrea and surrounding buildings, like the Emporium (q.v.). The
remains of the ‘ horrea publica populi Romani ’ were sufficiently con-
spicuous to give their name to a mediaeval region; and we have
records of three churches called ‘ in horrea ’ (HCh 266, 272, 416).
Horrea Germaniciana : see Horrea Agrippiana.
Horrea Leoniana : known only from the dedication of one inscription—
genio horreorum Leonianorum (CIL vi. 237)—without indication of exact
site.
Horrea Lolliana : a warehouse on the bank of the Tiber (FUR frag. 51 ;
CIL vi. 4226, 4226a, 4239, 9467), and probably in Region XIII with the
others rather than on the right bank (HJ 177 ; but cf. NS 1913, 117 ;
DE iii. 986).
Horrea Nervae : possibly on the via Ardeatina, mentioned only in
one inscription (CIL vi. 8681=33744; Mon. L. xiii. 139; DE iii.
987-8; cf. also CIL vi. 33747, which may belong to the period of
Nerva, and was found outside porta Salaria, but not in situ ; see
Horrea Caesaris).
Horrea Peduceiana : only known from one inscription (CIL vi. 33745
. . . pus Caesaeris (sic) . . . arius ex .... is Peduceianis, etc.) which
Henzen (Mitt. 1886, 127) and Dessau (ILS 1626) restore as horrearius ex
horreis Peduceianis, while Htilsen (loc. cit.) and others restore it topiarius
ex Hortis Peduceianis (q.v.).
Horrea Petroniana : known from two sepulchral inscriptions, one
(CIL vi. 3971) of a slave of Nero, the other erected by one M. Aurelius
Xenonianus Aquila, a Bithynian, who had a ‘ statio ’ in these horrea;
as he calls himself πρώτος λιθενπόρων, they must have been among the
marble warehouses (RAP iii. 191-196 ; see Emporium, Marmorata).
Horrea Piperataria : a storehouse and bazaar for the sale of pepper and
spices from Egypt and Arabia (Cass. Dio lxxii. 24), built by Domitian,
burned during the reign of Commodus, and obliterated by the basilica
of Maxentius (Chron. p. 146). Some of the brickwork that has been
found at various times beneath the basilica and just north of it, may