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Rambles in Rome An Archæological and Historical Guide to the Museums, Galleries, Villas, Churches, and Antiquities of Rome and the Campagna

Forbes, S. Russell· 2 chapters· 117,990 words

prisoners of war. When Q. M. Celer the consul was imprisoned there by the tribune L. Flavius, Celer attempted to assemble the Senate in it (Dion Cassius, xxxvii. 50); so we may infer that it was a large building. The _Lautumiæ_ was _entirely distinct_ from the Mamertine Prison.

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1. xxxvii. 3) says it was a place for the custody of hostages and

prisoners of war. When Q. M. Celer the consul was imprisoned there by the tribune L. Flavius, Celer attempted to assemble the Senate in it (Dion Cassius, xxxvii. 50); so we may...

2. xvii. 11), Terence, Eunuchus, contemporary writers, all speak of a

Festus, who lived in the fourth century, speaks of them under the same name; so we may conclude that the ruins before us are the basilicas of the Forum of Cupid, restored by Max...