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STADIUM AUGUSTI—STADIUM DOMITIANI
495
cited).1 The Notitia gives their number in the fourth century as eight,
and the Curiosum as six, which is therefore correct. These stabula were
in the southern part of the campus Martius, near the circus Flaminius in
Region IX. They were probably near each other but quite separate,
and although the others are often mentioned in literature and inscriptions
(CIL vi. 10045, 10047-10051, 10055, 10057, 10059-10060, 10062, 10063,
10065, 10069, 10071-10074, 10076, 10077) that of the factio prasina
is the only one that can be approximately located. This became the
principal company in the first century and was favoured by the emperors,
especially Caligula, who dined and slept in its stable, and constructed
a magnificent stall of marble with an ivory manger for his favourite
stallion Incitatus (Suet. Cal. 55 ; Cass. Dio lix. 14). The presence of the
name in that of the church, S. Lorenzo in Prasino (HCh 284), and the
discovery of inscriptions (CIL vi. 10044, 10054, 10058, 10061, 10067)
prove that this stable was in the immediate neighbourhood of the Can-
celleria (HJ 595). Remains of a frescoed court found under the Palazzo
Regis, east of the Cancelleria, may well have belonged to this building, and
also an inscribed lead pipe, which was not, however, found in situ (CIL
xv. 7254). With it was found a pipe inscribed L. Hermoni Iusti (ib. 7468).
Both appear to belong to the middle or end of the first century a.d.
(NS 1886, 419; 1899, 387 ; BC 1886, 393; 1887, 10; 1899, 257; Mon.
L. i. 545 ; Mem. L. 5. xvi. 762-770). Lanciani (BC 1899, 113) believes
that the bronze Hercules in the Rotunda of the Vatican and the Hercules
and Telephus of the Museo Chiaramonti originally stood here (HF 108,
293), but not the Belvedere torso (ib. 124). The funerary inscription
(CIL vi. 9709 =ILS 7509) set up in his own lifetime by a nummularius
de basilica Iulia, who ends by saying ‘ hie in iiii stabulis agitavit
nunq(uam),’ may perhaps be paralleled with the conclusion of Trim-
alchio’s proposed inscription ‘ nec unquam philosophum audivit ’ (Eranos,
1924, 149-150).
Stadium Augusti : a temporary wooden structure erected by Augustus
in the campus Martius in 28 b.c. in which he celebrated the battle of
Actium with gymnastic contests (Cass. Dio liii. 1).
Stadium Caesaris : a temporary stadium constructed by Caesar in the
campus Martius for the athletic games which he celebrated in 46 b.c.
(Suet. Caes. 39).
Stadium Palatinum : see Domus Augustiana (p. 162).
Stadium Domitiani : the stadium which Domitian built in the campus
Martius for athletic contests (Suet. Dom. 5 ; Eutrop. vii. 23 ; Chron. 146 ;
Hieron. ad a. Abr. 2105 ; Not. Reg. IX). After the Colosseum was
injured by fire in 217, it was used for several years for gladiatorial combats
(Cass. Dio lxxviii. 25). Its arcades were occupied by brothels (Hist. Aug.
Elag. 26) as were those of the circus Maximus. The stadium was restored
1 Cf. also Leclercq in Cabrol. Diet. i. 531; iii. 2097; Friedlander, Sittengesch. ii10. 34.
495
cited).1 The Notitia gives their number in the fourth century as eight,
and the Curiosum as six, which is therefore correct. These stabula were
in the southern part of the campus Martius, near the circus Flaminius in
Region IX. They were probably near each other but quite separate,
and although the others are often mentioned in literature and inscriptions
(CIL vi. 10045, 10047-10051, 10055, 10057, 10059-10060, 10062, 10063,
10065, 10069, 10071-10074, 10076, 10077) that of the factio prasina
is the only one that can be approximately located. This became the
principal company in the first century and was favoured by the emperors,
especially Caligula, who dined and slept in its stable, and constructed
a magnificent stall of marble with an ivory manger for his favourite
stallion Incitatus (Suet. Cal. 55 ; Cass. Dio lix. 14). The presence of the
name in that of the church, S. Lorenzo in Prasino (HCh 284), and the
discovery of inscriptions (CIL vi. 10044, 10054, 10058, 10061, 10067)
prove that this stable was in the immediate neighbourhood of the Can-
celleria (HJ 595). Remains of a frescoed court found under the Palazzo
Regis, east of the Cancelleria, may well have belonged to this building, and
also an inscribed lead pipe, which was not, however, found in situ (CIL
xv. 7254). With it was found a pipe inscribed L. Hermoni Iusti (ib. 7468).
Both appear to belong to the middle or end of the first century a.d.
(NS 1886, 419; 1899, 387 ; BC 1886, 393; 1887, 10; 1899, 257; Mon.
L. i. 545 ; Mem. L. 5. xvi. 762-770). Lanciani (BC 1899, 113) believes
that the bronze Hercules in the Rotunda of the Vatican and the Hercules
and Telephus of the Museo Chiaramonti originally stood here (HF 108,
293), but not the Belvedere torso (ib. 124). The funerary inscription
(CIL vi. 9709 =ILS 7509) set up in his own lifetime by a nummularius
de basilica Iulia, who ends by saying ‘ hie in iiii stabulis agitavit
nunq(uam),’ may perhaps be paralleled with the conclusion of Trim-
alchio’s proposed inscription ‘ nec unquam philosophum audivit ’ (Eranos,
1924, 149-150).
Stadium Augusti : a temporary wooden structure erected by Augustus
in the campus Martius in 28 b.c. in which he celebrated the battle of
Actium with gymnastic contests (Cass. Dio liii. 1).
Stadium Caesaris : a temporary stadium constructed by Caesar in the
campus Martius for the athletic games which he celebrated in 46 b.c.
(Suet. Caes. 39).
Stadium Palatinum : see Domus Augustiana (p. 162).
Stadium Domitiani : the stadium which Domitian built in the campus
Martius for athletic contests (Suet. Dom. 5 ; Eutrop. vii. 23 ; Chron. 146 ;
Hieron. ad a. Abr. 2105 ; Not. Reg. IX). After the Colosseum was
injured by fire in 217, it was used for several years for gladiatorial combats
(Cass. Dio lxxviii. 25). Its arcades were occupied by brothels (Hist. Aug.
Elag. 26) as were those of the circus Maximus. The stadium was restored
1 Cf. also Leclercq in Cabrol. Diet. i. 531; iii. 2097; Friedlander, Sittengesch. ii10. 34.