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MENS—MERCURIUS SOBRIUS
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Mens, aedes (templum, Varro) : a temple on the Capitol, probably within
the area Capitolina, vowed by the praetor, T. Otacilius Crassus, in 217 b.c.
after the defeat at Lake Trasimene, according to the instructions of
the Sibylline books (Liv. xxii. 9. io, 10. io ; Ov. Fast. vi. 241-246), at the
same time with the temple of Venus Erucina. In 215 both temples were
dedicated by duoviri appointed for the purpose, that of Venus by
Fabius Maximus, and that of Mens by Otacilius (Liv. xxiii. 31.9, 32. 20).
The two temples were separated by an open drain (Liv. xxiii. 31. 9 : uno
canali discretae ; cf. Serv. Georg, iv. 265). The temple of Mens
seems to have been restored by M. Aemilius Scaurus, consul in 115 b.c.,
either at that time (WR 313 ; RE i. 587) or after his campaign against
the Cimbri in 107 (Cic. de nat. deor. ii. 61 ; Plut. de fort. Rom. 5 : (ιερόν
ιδρυσ-ατο) το της M Art? καλούμενης (Υνωμης αν νομί^οζτο) Σκούρος
Αιμίλιος, ττερί τα Κιμβρικα τοΐς χρόνοις γεγονώς; IO (interpolated) :
ειττι δε και ΐνωμης η νη Αία Έυβουλίας νεως ην λΐεντεμ καλούσιν, άλλα
και τούτο Σκαυρος Αιμίλιος . . . καθιερωσεν). The day of dedication was
8th June (Ov. Fast. vi. 247-248; Fasti Tusc. Ven. Maff. CIL i2. p. 216,
221, 222, 319. See Jord. i. 2. 42; Gilb. iii. 101, 398-399; Rosch.
ii. 2798-2799).
Mercurius, aedes (templum, Ovid) : a temple dedicated in 495 b.c. by
a centurion, M. Plaetorius, to whom the people had given this honour
(Liv. ii. 21. 7, 27. 5-6 ; Vai. Max. ix. 3. 6). It was on the slope of the
Aventine, above and facing the circus Maximus (Ov. Fast. v. 669 ; Apul.
Met. vi. 8 ; Not. Reg. XI; cf. Mirabilia 28 ; Jord. ii. 641), near its
south-east end. It was dedicated on the Ides of May, which afterwards
became a festival of the mercatores (Liv. ii. 21. 7 ; Ov. Fast. v. 670;
Fest. 148 ; Mart. xii. 67. I ; Fasti Caer. Tusc. Ven. Philoc. ad Id. Mai,
CIL i2. p. 213, 216, 221, 264, 318 ; Fast. Ant. ap. NS 1921, 96). Maia
seems also to have shared this temple with her son (Macrob. Sat. i. 12. 19 ;
Lydus, de mens. iv. 52-53 ; Mart. vii. 74. 5 ; Fast. Caer. loc. cit.). This
temple may perhaps be represented on a coin of Marcus Aurelius (Cohen,
Marc. Aur. 534 i Baumeister, Denkmaler 1495 1; Rosch. ii. 2803),
with a podium of three steps, on which stand four herms in place of
columns, supporting an architrave, and above this what looks like a
curved pediment with animals and attributes of the god. The statue of
Mercury stands between the herms. This apparently curved pediment
(cf. Serv. Aen. ix. 406) is not necessarily so (Altm. 21-22), and in any case,
if some temples of Mercury were round, all were not (Merlin, 363). If
the coin represents the temple of Mercury, it may indicate a restoration
by Marcus Aurelius (SHA 1910, 7. A, 7-9). It was standing in the fourth
century (Not. Reg. XI; Mirab. 28), but no traces of it have been found
(HJ 118-119 Rosch. ii. 2802-2804 ; Gilb. ii. 251-253 ; WR 304-305).
Mercurius Sobrius : see Vicus Sobrius.
1 = Richter 180.
339
Mens, aedes (templum, Varro) : a temple on the Capitol, probably within
the area Capitolina, vowed by the praetor, T. Otacilius Crassus, in 217 b.c.
after the defeat at Lake Trasimene, according to the instructions of
the Sibylline books (Liv. xxii. 9. io, 10. io ; Ov. Fast. vi. 241-246), at the
same time with the temple of Venus Erucina. In 215 both temples were
dedicated by duoviri appointed for the purpose, that of Venus by
Fabius Maximus, and that of Mens by Otacilius (Liv. xxiii. 31.9, 32. 20).
The two temples were separated by an open drain (Liv. xxiii. 31. 9 : uno
canali discretae ; cf. Serv. Georg, iv. 265). The temple of Mens
seems to have been restored by M. Aemilius Scaurus, consul in 115 b.c.,
either at that time (WR 313 ; RE i. 587) or after his campaign against
the Cimbri in 107 (Cic. de nat. deor. ii. 61 ; Plut. de fort. Rom. 5 : (ιερόν
ιδρυσ-ατο) το της M Art? καλούμενης (Υνωμης αν νομί^οζτο) Σκούρος
Αιμίλιος, ττερί τα Κιμβρικα τοΐς χρόνοις γεγονώς; IO (interpolated) :
ειττι δε και ΐνωμης η νη Αία Έυβουλίας νεως ην λΐεντεμ καλούσιν, άλλα
και τούτο Σκαυρος Αιμίλιος . . . καθιερωσεν). The day of dedication was
8th June (Ov. Fast. vi. 247-248; Fasti Tusc. Ven. Maff. CIL i2. p. 216,
221, 222, 319. See Jord. i. 2. 42; Gilb. iii. 101, 398-399; Rosch.
ii. 2798-2799).
Mercurius, aedes (templum, Ovid) : a temple dedicated in 495 b.c. by
a centurion, M. Plaetorius, to whom the people had given this honour
(Liv. ii. 21. 7, 27. 5-6 ; Vai. Max. ix. 3. 6). It was on the slope of the
Aventine, above and facing the circus Maximus (Ov. Fast. v. 669 ; Apul.
Met. vi. 8 ; Not. Reg. XI; cf. Mirabilia 28 ; Jord. ii. 641), near its
south-east end. It was dedicated on the Ides of May, which afterwards
became a festival of the mercatores (Liv. ii. 21. 7 ; Ov. Fast. v. 670;
Fest. 148 ; Mart. xii. 67. I ; Fasti Caer. Tusc. Ven. Philoc. ad Id. Mai,
CIL i2. p. 213, 216, 221, 264, 318 ; Fast. Ant. ap. NS 1921, 96). Maia
seems also to have shared this temple with her son (Macrob. Sat. i. 12. 19 ;
Lydus, de mens. iv. 52-53 ; Mart. vii. 74. 5 ; Fast. Caer. loc. cit.). This
temple may perhaps be represented on a coin of Marcus Aurelius (Cohen,
Marc. Aur. 534 i Baumeister, Denkmaler 1495 1; Rosch. ii. 2803),
with a podium of three steps, on which stand four herms in place of
columns, supporting an architrave, and above this what looks like a
curved pediment with animals and attributes of the god. The statue of
Mercury stands between the herms. This apparently curved pediment
(cf. Serv. Aen. ix. 406) is not necessarily so (Altm. 21-22), and in any case,
if some temples of Mercury were round, all were not (Merlin, 363). If
the coin represents the temple of Mercury, it may indicate a restoration
by Marcus Aurelius (SHA 1910, 7. A, 7-9). It was standing in the fourth
century (Not. Reg. XI; Mirab. 28), but no traces of it have been found
(HJ 118-119 Rosch. ii. 2802-2804 ; Gilb. ii. 251-253 ; WR 304-305).
Mercurius Sobrius : see Vicus Sobrius.
1 = Richter 180.