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NEPTUNUS, TEMPLUM—NOVA VIA 361
(cf. however Martis, ara). In style and execution this frieze belongs
to the second half of the first century b.c., and it evidently surrounded
either an altar or, more probably, a pedestal, in the temple. This
pedestal may well have been that on which Domitius placed the Scopas
group. Part of the frieze represents a lustratio of the army of the period
before Marius, and probably was a memorial of the victory of the
great-grandfather of the builder of the temple, who was victorious over
the Celts on the Isere in 121 and censor in 115 (for the discussion of these
reliefs, and their bearing on the date of the temple, see Furtwangler,
Intermezzi, Berlin 1896, 35-48 ; Brunn, Bayr. Sitz. Ber. 1876, 342-344 ;
S. Sculpt. 33-38; Sc R i. 10-14; Mon. Piot, 1910, xvii. 147-157 J AR
1909, 77-82 1 OJ T9I0> 95'101 J AD iii. 12). Remains of substructures
and of six columns of a pycnostyle temple, belonging without much
doubt to this temple of Neptune, have been found north-west of the
Piazza S. Salvatore (BC 1873, 212-221, pl. vi. ; Bursian’s Jahresb. 1873,
787789). _
It is impossible to determine whether Domitius built an entirely
new temple, or restored that which previously existed in circo Flaminio
(see Ara Neptuni above ; HJ 522-523 ; WR 227 ; Rosch. iii. 203-204 ;
Gilb. iii. 89, 90).
Neptunus, templum : see Basilica Neptuni ; Divus Hadrianus,
Templum ; Porticus Argonautarum.
Niger Lapis : see Sepulcrum Romuli.
Nodinus : a brook in Rome that was converted into a sewer. It is men-
tioned only once (Cic. de nat. deor. iii. 52) with no indication of location,
but it may perhaps have flowed from the Colosseum valley between the
Palatine and Caelian into the valley of the circus Maximus (cf. Spino).
Noenses de Ara Matidiae : a locality named with others in one inscription
(CIL vi. 31893, io-li; BC 1891, 356), but entirely unknown (cf.
Matidia, Ara).
Nova Via : so called in distinction from the Sacra via, the second of the
two streets in Rome before the empire which were known as viae, and
itself of great antiquity (Varro vi. 59 : quod vocabulum ei pervetustum
ut novae viae quae via iam diu vetus). It began at the north-east corner
of the Palatine, near the temple of Jupiter Stator, where it branched
off from the Sacra via, and ran along the north slope of the hill to its
north-west corner (Liv. i. 41. 4 : ex superiore parte aedium per fenestras
in novam viam versus—habitabat enim rex (Tarquinius Priscus) ad Iovis
Statoris), between the aedes Vestae and the lucus Vestae (Cic. de div.
i. 101 : a luco Vestae qui a Palatii radice in novam viam devexus est).
At its beginning it was called summa nova via (Solin. i. 24 : Tarquinius
Priscus ad Mugoniam portam supra summam novam viam (habitavit)),
and at the north-west corner of the hill, above the temple of Vesta,
(cf. however Martis, ara). In style and execution this frieze belongs
to the second half of the first century b.c., and it evidently surrounded
either an altar or, more probably, a pedestal, in the temple. This
pedestal may well have been that on which Domitius placed the Scopas
group. Part of the frieze represents a lustratio of the army of the period
before Marius, and probably was a memorial of the victory of the
great-grandfather of the builder of the temple, who was victorious over
the Celts on the Isere in 121 and censor in 115 (for the discussion of these
reliefs, and their bearing on the date of the temple, see Furtwangler,
Intermezzi, Berlin 1896, 35-48 ; Brunn, Bayr. Sitz. Ber. 1876, 342-344 ;
S. Sculpt. 33-38; Sc R i. 10-14; Mon. Piot, 1910, xvii. 147-157 J AR
1909, 77-82 1 OJ T9I0> 95'101 J AD iii. 12). Remains of substructures
and of six columns of a pycnostyle temple, belonging without much
doubt to this temple of Neptune, have been found north-west of the
Piazza S. Salvatore (BC 1873, 212-221, pl. vi. ; Bursian’s Jahresb. 1873,
787789). _
It is impossible to determine whether Domitius built an entirely
new temple, or restored that which previously existed in circo Flaminio
(see Ara Neptuni above ; HJ 522-523 ; WR 227 ; Rosch. iii. 203-204 ;
Gilb. iii. 89, 90).
Neptunus, templum : see Basilica Neptuni ; Divus Hadrianus,
Templum ; Porticus Argonautarum.
Niger Lapis : see Sepulcrum Romuli.
Nodinus : a brook in Rome that was converted into a sewer. It is men-
tioned only once (Cic. de nat. deor. iii. 52) with no indication of location,
but it may perhaps have flowed from the Colosseum valley between the
Palatine and Caelian into the valley of the circus Maximus (cf. Spino).
Noenses de Ara Matidiae : a locality named with others in one inscription
(CIL vi. 31893, io-li; BC 1891, 356), but entirely unknown (cf.
Matidia, Ara).
Nova Via : so called in distinction from the Sacra via, the second of the
two streets in Rome before the empire which were known as viae, and
itself of great antiquity (Varro vi. 59 : quod vocabulum ei pervetustum
ut novae viae quae via iam diu vetus). It began at the north-east corner
of the Palatine, near the temple of Jupiter Stator, where it branched
off from the Sacra via, and ran along the north slope of the hill to its
north-west corner (Liv. i. 41. 4 : ex superiore parte aedium per fenestras
in novam viam versus—habitabat enim rex (Tarquinius Priscus) ad Iovis
Statoris), between the aedes Vestae and the lucus Vestae (Cic. de div.
i. 101 : a luco Vestae qui a Palatii radice in novam viam devexus est).
At its beginning it was called summa nova via (Solin. i. 24 : Tarquinius
Priscus ad Mugoniam portam supra summam novam viam (habitavit)),
and at the north-west corner of the hill, above the temple of Vesta,