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VIA TRIUMPHALIS—VICTORIA
569
The prolongation beyond Cerfennia was made by Claudius, as its
name, via Claudia Valeria, implies (CR 1904, 187 ; Mel. 1907, 462 ;
PBS ix. 75-106 ; CIL ix. 5973).
The via Valeria is classed with the Appia and the Latina as one of
the γ^ωρίμωταταί των ό$ων (Strabo v. 3· 9)· For its curatores, who
administered the whole road (being all later than Claudius), see BC 1891,
112, 124-127; CIL ix. 3667; xiii. 1803; BCH 1890, 644 (in which
both the Tiburtina and the Valeria are mentioned) ; ii. 4126 ; vi. 3844 1 ;
x. 3761; xiv. 2933 (?) 2; EE viii. 158 a (Tiburtina only); vi. 1517
(Valeria only). For the first part of the road, see Jord. i. 1. 222, 359 ;
T. vii. 5-60 ; PBS iii. 84-200, 208.
Via Triumphalis (i) : a road running northwards from the Pons
Neronianus across the Prati di Castello, ascending the southern slopes
of Monte Mario to the right of the modern road, and finally joining the
via Clodia at La Giustiniana, 7 miles from Rome. It was under the
same curatores as the Via Aurelia (q.v.) but the origin of the name is
unknown (CIL vi. 10247 ; cf. p. 3307 ; Not. app.). Extensive brickfields
which are still in use existed on the left of it, to which CIL xv. 684 :
Tac(ci ?) Ruf(i ?) (de) via Tri(umphali) probably belongs. See Jord,
i. I. 376; HJ 658; LF 6, 14; Mon. L. i. 525-527; T. x. 12-16; BC
1908,125-135; 1913,54-57; LS iii. 129; PBS ix. 205-213. Cf. Apollo
Argenteus, Bellona Pulvinensis.
Via Triumphalis (2) : the name often given to the road from the Colosseum
to the Septizonium, which passes by the arch of Constantine, but without
ancient authority (FIJ 25, 201).
Vica Pota : a shrine on the site of the Domus P. Valerii (q.v.), which
Valerius built on the slope of the Velia towards the forum (Liv. ii. 7. 12 :
infra Veliam ubi nunc Vicae Potae est (aedes) in infimo clivo ; Plut. Popl.
10 : lepofi). This deity was apparently identical with or closely related
to Victoria, for the shrine is called aedes Victoriae (so that the identifica-
tion with a fragmentary altar in TF 87 will not hold) by Asconius (in
Pis. 52 ; cf. Cic. de leg. ii. 28). Another derivation was from victus
and potus (Arnob. iii. 25 ; Sen. Apocol. 9). The date of the dedication
was 9th January (Fast. Ant. ap. NS 1921, 84 ; Jord. i. 2. 417 ; WR 196 ;
Pr. Myth. ii. 245).
Victoria, ara : an altar in the curia Iulia (Fast. Maff. Vat. ad v Kai. Sept.,
CIL i2. p. 225,242,327; Herodian. vii. 11.3), presumably erected by Augustus
at the same time (29 b.c.) that he set up a statue of the same goddess in
the same place (Cass. Dio li. 22 ; Suet. Aug. 100 ; Herodian. v. 5. 7).
During the bitter struggle between Christianity and Paganism in the
1 Here it is restored as T[iburtinae] : but in CIL vi. 31752, where it is repeated,
T[raianae] is rightly preferred.
2 This inscription is far too fragmentary for us to read Ti(burtinae) utviusque and to
suppose a reference to the road above and below Tibur. Cf. p. 563, n. 1.
569
The prolongation beyond Cerfennia was made by Claudius, as its
name, via Claudia Valeria, implies (CR 1904, 187 ; Mel. 1907, 462 ;
PBS ix. 75-106 ; CIL ix. 5973).
The via Valeria is classed with the Appia and the Latina as one of
the γ^ωρίμωταταί των ό$ων (Strabo v. 3· 9)· For its curatores, who
administered the whole road (being all later than Claudius), see BC 1891,
112, 124-127; CIL ix. 3667; xiii. 1803; BCH 1890, 644 (in which
both the Tiburtina and the Valeria are mentioned) ; ii. 4126 ; vi. 3844 1 ;
x. 3761; xiv. 2933 (?) 2; EE viii. 158 a (Tiburtina only); vi. 1517
(Valeria only). For the first part of the road, see Jord. i. 1. 222, 359 ;
T. vii. 5-60 ; PBS iii. 84-200, 208.
Via Triumphalis (i) : a road running northwards from the Pons
Neronianus across the Prati di Castello, ascending the southern slopes
of Monte Mario to the right of the modern road, and finally joining the
via Clodia at La Giustiniana, 7 miles from Rome. It was under the
same curatores as the Via Aurelia (q.v.) but the origin of the name is
unknown (CIL vi. 10247 ; cf. p. 3307 ; Not. app.). Extensive brickfields
which are still in use existed on the left of it, to which CIL xv. 684 :
Tac(ci ?) Ruf(i ?) (de) via Tri(umphali) probably belongs. See Jord,
i. I. 376; HJ 658; LF 6, 14; Mon. L. i. 525-527; T. x. 12-16; BC
1908,125-135; 1913,54-57; LS iii. 129; PBS ix. 205-213. Cf. Apollo
Argenteus, Bellona Pulvinensis.
Via Triumphalis (2) : the name often given to the road from the Colosseum
to the Septizonium, which passes by the arch of Constantine, but without
ancient authority (FIJ 25, 201).
Vica Pota : a shrine on the site of the Domus P. Valerii (q.v.), which
Valerius built on the slope of the Velia towards the forum (Liv. ii. 7. 12 :
infra Veliam ubi nunc Vicae Potae est (aedes) in infimo clivo ; Plut. Popl.
10 : lepofi). This deity was apparently identical with or closely related
to Victoria, for the shrine is called aedes Victoriae (so that the identifica-
tion with a fragmentary altar in TF 87 will not hold) by Asconius (in
Pis. 52 ; cf. Cic. de leg. ii. 28). Another derivation was from victus
and potus (Arnob. iii. 25 ; Sen. Apocol. 9). The date of the dedication
was 9th January (Fast. Ant. ap. NS 1921, 84 ; Jord. i. 2. 417 ; WR 196 ;
Pr. Myth. ii. 245).
Victoria, ara : an altar in the curia Iulia (Fast. Maff. Vat. ad v Kai. Sept.,
CIL i2. p. 225,242,327; Herodian. vii. 11.3), presumably erected by Augustus
at the same time (29 b.c.) that he set up a statue of the same goddess in
the same place (Cass. Dio li. 22 ; Suet. Aug. 100 ; Herodian. v. 5. 7).
During the bitter struggle between Christianity and Paganism in the
1 Here it is restored as T[iburtinae] : but in CIL vi. 31752, where it is repeated,
T[raianae] is rightly preferred.
2 This inscription is far too fragmentary for us to read Ti(burtinae) utviusque and to
suppose a reference to the road above and below Tibur. Cf. p. 563, n. 1.