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SENACULUM MULIERUM—SEPTIMONTIUM 471
other, the existence of one on the Capitol is very doubtful (Jord. i. 2. 19, 338 ;
Becker, Top. 286 ; RE ii. A. 1454).
Senaculum Mulierum : a hall of assembly for women, which Elagabalus
built on the Quirinal in the place where the women had previously
been accustomed to meet to discuss matters of common interest (Hist.
Aug. Elag. 4 : fecit et in colle Quirinali senaculum, id est mulierum
senatum). This was probably destroyed afterwards, for Aurelian is
said to have wished to restore it or build another (id. Aurel. 49 : senatum
sive senaculum matronis reddi voluerat, ita ut primae illic quae sacerdotia
senatu auctore meruissent ; Becker, Top. 589 ; Mommsen, Staatsrecht
iii. 914; HJ 443)·
In 1914 two female statues were found in the ruins of a building of
the imperial period 1 under the Palazzo del Marchese Bourbon del Monte
in the Via Venti Settembre, 38.80 metres from the angle of the Via
Salaria, which, Pasqui (NS 1914, 142-146) thinks, belong to this senaculum
(BC 1914, 211). v. Domaszewski (SHA 1916, 7. A, 14 ; 1920, 6. A, 22)
regards the senaculum mulierum as an invention based on the conventus
matronalis (cf. Suet. Galb. 5 ; Liv. xxvii. 37. 9).
Septimianum : probably a name which came to be given to the district
lying along the right bank of the Tiber, from the Aurelian wall to the
Vaticanum, on account of the building activity of Septimius Severus
in part of this quarter (cf. Porta Septimiana). This name does not
occur in any ancient sources (unless we accept the reading Septimianae
in Hist. Aug. Sev. 19 ; cf. Thermae Septimianae), but is to be inferred
from its use in the Middle Ages, reappearing in the designations of
churches, as S. Iacobi in Septimiano (1286), S. Leonardi de Sitignano,
S. Lucia de Septignano (Arm. 653, 656; Mel. 1914, 35I*352 J HJ 656;
HCh 268, 299, 305) ; cf. Coraria Septimiana.
Septem Caesares : see Caesares, Septem.
Septem Domus : see Domus Parthorum Septem.
Septem Tabernae : see Tabernae circa Forum.
Septimontium : according to Varro the name of the city before it was called
Rome (LL v. 41 : ubi nunc est Roma erat olim Septimontium nominatum
ab tot montibus quos postca urbs muris comprehendit ; cf. Fest. 321 :
Sacrani appellati sunt Reate orti qui ex Septimontio Ligures Siculosque
exegerunt ; nam vere sacro nati erant), a statement that seems to be
corroborated by Lydus (de mens. iv. 155 : ταυτ?/ και. η λεγάμενη τταρ
[αυτών Σε7ΓΤί]/Λθυν^ίθ? εορτή εττιτελεΐτο, τοΰτεστιν η περίοδος της 7Γθλ[εως,
οτι επί επτά Χ]όφους τα τείγτ] της Ίλωμης εκτεταται. όνόμα\τα <V] τουτ[ων"
Πα]λατίθν Εσκυλίον Ύαρπηιον Αβεντΐνον Ύιβο[ΰρτιον ΙΙρα]ίν[εσ]τ(ον
Βςαίναλίον [παρα] 3e τοΐς αργαίοις ετερως ούτως' ’Α/?εν[τ]ίνο$· ΚαιλίΟ?
[’Ecr/cJiAio? Κα7Γίτωλίνος Βελίνλ/νσω? Κυ[ρινα]λ/ο? ΙΙαλα[τΑο?]).
1 It is, as a fact, in opus reticulatum, and therefore too early for Elagabalus ; nor is it
likely that he used an earlier building.
other, the existence of one on the Capitol is very doubtful (Jord. i. 2. 19, 338 ;
Becker, Top. 286 ; RE ii. A. 1454).
Senaculum Mulierum : a hall of assembly for women, which Elagabalus
built on the Quirinal in the place where the women had previously
been accustomed to meet to discuss matters of common interest (Hist.
Aug. Elag. 4 : fecit et in colle Quirinali senaculum, id est mulierum
senatum). This was probably destroyed afterwards, for Aurelian is
said to have wished to restore it or build another (id. Aurel. 49 : senatum
sive senaculum matronis reddi voluerat, ita ut primae illic quae sacerdotia
senatu auctore meruissent ; Becker, Top. 589 ; Mommsen, Staatsrecht
iii. 914; HJ 443)·
In 1914 two female statues were found in the ruins of a building of
the imperial period 1 under the Palazzo del Marchese Bourbon del Monte
in the Via Venti Settembre, 38.80 metres from the angle of the Via
Salaria, which, Pasqui (NS 1914, 142-146) thinks, belong to this senaculum
(BC 1914, 211). v. Domaszewski (SHA 1916, 7. A, 14 ; 1920, 6. A, 22)
regards the senaculum mulierum as an invention based on the conventus
matronalis (cf. Suet. Galb. 5 ; Liv. xxvii. 37. 9).
Septimianum : probably a name which came to be given to the district
lying along the right bank of the Tiber, from the Aurelian wall to the
Vaticanum, on account of the building activity of Septimius Severus
in part of this quarter (cf. Porta Septimiana). This name does not
occur in any ancient sources (unless we accept the reading Septimianae
in Hist. Aug. Sev. 19 ; cf. Thermae Septimianae), but is to be inferred
from its use in the Middle Ages, reappearing in the designations of
churches, as S. Iacobi in Septimiano (1286), S. Leonardi de Sitignano,
S. Lucia de Septignano (Arm. 653, 656; Mel. 1914, 35I*352 J HJ 656;
HCh 268, 299, 305) ; cf. Coraria Septimiana.
Septem Caesares : see Caesares, Septem.
Septem Domus : see Domus Parthorum Septem.
Septem Tabernae : see Tabernae circa Forum.
Septimontium : according to Varro the name of the city before it was called
Rome (LL v. 41 : ubi nunc est Roma erat olim Septimontium nominatum
ab tot montibus quos postca urbs muris comprehendit ; cf. Fest. 321 :
Sacrani appellati sunt Reate orti qui ex Septimontio Ligures Siculosque
exegerunt ; nam vere sacro nati erant), a statement that seems to be
corroborated by Lydus (de mens. iv. 155 : ταυτ?/ και. η λεγάμενη τταρ
[αυτών Σε7ΓΤί]/Λθυν^ίθ? εορτή εττιτελεΐτο, τοΰτεστιν η περίοδος της 7Γθλ[εως,
οτι επί επτά Χ]όφους τα τείγτ] της Ίλωμης εκτεταται. όνόμα\τα <V] τουτ[ων"
Πα]λατίθν Εσκυλίον Ύαρπηιον Αβεντΐνον Ύιβο[ΰρτιον ΙΙρα]ίν[εσ]τ(ον
Βςαίναλίον [παρα] 3e τοΐς αργαίοις ετερως ούτως' ’Α/?εν[τ]ίνο$· ΚαιλίΟ?
[’Ecr/cJiAio? Κα7Γίτωλίνος Βελίνλ/νσω? Κυ[ρινα]λ/ο? ΙΙαλα[τΑο?]).
1 It is, as a fact, in opus reticulatum, and therefore too early for Elagabalus ; nor is it
likely that he used an earlier building.