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VEIOVIS—VELABRUM
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his side (Gell. v. 12. 11 ; Ov. Fast. iii. 443), in the form of a youthful
Jupiter with whom he is identified by Ovid, loc. cit. 437-439 ; cf. Fest.
379). It is possible that it is this statue (or another in the same temple ?)
that is mentioned by Pliny (NH xvi. 216 : Nonne simulacrum”Veiovis
in arce e cupresso durat a condita urbe dclxi anno dicatum ?), who
used ‘ in arce ’ incorrectly (Jord. i. 2. 115-116; Gilb. ii. IOO ; WR 236;
for the date of foundation of this temple, see Aedes Veiovis in
Capitolio).
Veiovis, aedes, in Capitolio : Livy states (xxxv. 41. 8): aedes duae
Iovi eo anno (192 b.c.) in Capitolio dedicatae sunt. Voverat L. Furius
Purpurio praetor Gallico bello unam, alteram consul : dedicavit Q.
Marcius Raila duumvir—a statement so improbable that it is generally
assumed that the reading of the source—aedes Vediovi . . . dedicata—
became in Livy’s text aedes duae Iovis . . . dedicatae, and that this
error was accompanied by another which attributed the foundation of
two temples in Capitolio to Purpurio, the Aedes in Insula (q.v.) and the
Aedes inter duos Lucos (q.v.), which on the authority of this passage
was vowed by Purpurio in 198 and dedicated by Raila in 192. All the
attempts hitherto made to reconcile Livy’s statements involve a more
or less drastic treatment, and the question of the temples of Vediovis
in Rome cannot be determined until further evidence has been produced
(see Jord. Comm, in hon. Momms. 359-365 ; Top. i. 2. 47, 111-112 ;
Gilb. iii. 82-84; Mommsen, CIL i2. p. 305, 311 ; WR 236; Besnier,
249-265).
Velabrum : the low ground lying between the north-west slope of the
Palatine and the Capitoline. The name is probably ancient, and originally
it may well have been given to the whole district between these two hills,
the forum valley and the river, but during the historical period it was
somewhat more restricted. It was bounded approximately by the
forum on the north, the slope of the Palatine and the vicus Tuscus on
the east, the district traversed by the vicus Iugarius on the west, while
the line of separation between it and the forum Boarium passed through
the present church of S. Giorgio in Velabro and is marked by the arcus
argentariorum (CIL vi. 1035 ; cf. Varro, LL v. 43 ; vi. 24 ; Liv. xxvii.
37. 15 ; Plut. Rom. 5). According to tradition, which there seems to be
no good reason to doubt, this district was originally very swampy, with
sufficient water to float small boats (Varro, LL v. 44 ; Plut. Rom. 5 ;
Ovid. Fast. vi. 405 ; Prop. iv. 9. 5 ; Tib. ii. 5. 33), until it was drained by
the construction of the cloaca Maxima and the connecting system of
sewers. It was always, however, subject to inundation when the Tiber
was very high.
The meaning and etymology of Velabrum are uncertain. Varro
(LL. v. 44, 156) derived it a vehendo (i.e. ratibus), and Plutarch (Rom. 5)
also suggests a derivation from the vela carried in processions, but
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his side (Gell. v. 12. 11 ; Ov. Fast. iii. 443), in the form of a youthful
Jupiter with whom he is identified by Ovid, loc. cit. 437-439 ; cf. Fest.
379). It is possible that it is this statue (or another in the same temple ?)
that is mentioned by Pliny (NH xvi. 216 : Nonne simulacrum”Veiovis
in arce e cupresso durat a condita urbe dclxi anno dicatum ?), who
used ‘ in arce ’ incorrectly (Jord. i. 2. 115-116; Gilb. ii. IOO ; WR 236;
for the date of foundation of this temple, see Aedes Veiovis in
Capitolio).
Veiovis, aedes, in Capitolio : Livy states (xxxv. 41. 8): aedes duae
Iovi eo anno (192 b.c.) in Capitolio dedicatae sunt. Voverat L. Furius
Purpurio praetor Gallico bello unam, alteram consul : dedicavit Q.
Marcius Raila duumvir—a statement so improbable that it is generally
assumed that the reading of the source—aedes Vediovi . . . dedicata—
became in Livy’s text aedes duae Iovis . . . dedicatae, and that this
error was accompanied by another which attributed the foundation of
two temples in Capitolio to Purpurio, the Aedes in Insula (q.v.) and the
Aedes inter duos Lucos (q.v.), which on the authority of this passage
was vowed by Purpurio in 198 and dedicated by Raila in 192. All the
attempts hitherto made to reconcile Livy’s statements involve a more
or less drastic treatment, and the question of the temples of Vediovis
in Rome cannot be determined until further evidence has been produced
(see Jord. Comm, in hon. Momms. 359-365 ; Top. i. 2. 47, 111-112 ;
Gilb. iii. 82-84; Mommsen, CIL i2. p. 305, 311 ; WR 236; Besnier,
249-265).
Velabrum : the low ground lying between the north-west slope of the
Palatine and the Capitoline. The name is probably ancient, and originally
it may well have been given to the whole district between these two hills,
the forum valley and the river, but during the historical period it was
somewhat more restricted. It was bounded approximately by the
forum on the north, the slope of the Palatine and the vicus Tuscus on
the east, the district traversed by the vicus Iugarius on the west, while
the line of separation between it and the forum Boarium passed through
the present church of S. Giorgio in Velabro and is marked by the arcus
argentariorum (CIL vi. 1035 ; cf. Varro, LL v. 43 ; vi. 24 ; Liv. xxvii.
37. 15 ; Plut. Rom. 5). According to tradition, which there seems to be
no good reason to doubt, this district was originally very swampy, with
sufficient water to float small boats (Varro, LL v. 44 ; Plut. Rom. 5 ;
Ovid. Fast. vi. 405 ; Prop. iv. 9. 5 ; Tib. ii. 5. 33), until it was drained by
the construction of the cloaca Maxima and the connecting system of
sewers. It was always, however, subject to inundation when the Tiber
was very high.
The meaning and etymology of Velabrum are uncertain. Varro
(LL. v. 44, 156) derived it a vehendo (i.e. ratibus), and Plutarch (Rom. 5)
also suggests a derivation from the vela carried in processions, but