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822 ROME [TOPOGRAPHY AND under the Albergo di Catena near the Piazza Montanara. This temple was begun by Augustus in 36 B.C., 1 after his Sicilian victory over Sextus Pompeius, and finished in 28 B.C. 2 A glowing account of the splendours of these buildings is given by Propertius (El. , ii. 3). Inside the cella were statues of Apollo between Latona and Diana by Scopas, Praxiteles, and Timotheus respectively (Plin., H.N., xxxvi. 4) ; round the walls were statues of the nine Muses (Juv., vii. 37). The pediment had sculpture by Bnpalus and Archennus of Chios (Plin., H. N., xxxvi. 4), and on the apex was Apollo in a quadriga of gilt bronze. The double door was covered with ivory reliefs of the death of the Niobids and the defeat of the Gauls at Delphi. The Anoyra inscription records that FIG. 17. Plan of the Palatine Hill. 1. Present entrance. 2, 2. Remains of wall of Roma Quadrata. 3. Aqueduct. 4. Early buildings of opus reticulatum. 5. Scalse Caci. 6. Buildings of mixed brick and opus reticulatum. 7. Altar to the unknown god, Sei Deo, Sei Deivae, &c. 8. Reservoir exit in tufa rock. 9. Passage cut in the rock. 10. So-called temple of Cybele. 11. Very early structures of tufa. 12. Tufa arcade and paved road. 13. Building with travertine piers of later republican period. 14. So-called temple of Jupiter Victor. 15. Well communicating with subterranean rock-cut reservoirs. 16, 16. Small chambers and paved road, part of Tiberius's building. 17. Piscina. 18. House of Germanicus. 19, 19. Crypto-porticus. 20, 20. Early building of tufa buried and covered by Domitian's palace. 21. So-called academy and library part of Domitian's palace. 22. Triclinium of Domitian's palace. 23. Nymphaeum and piscina. 24. Peristyle. 25. Small rooms at side of peristyle. 26. Stairs down to crypto-porticus. 27. Throne-room. 28. Lararium. 29. Basilica. 30. Branch of crypto-porticus leading to Domitian's palace. 31. Crypto-porticus of Caligula. 32, 32. Stairs from crypto-porticus to higher level. 33, 33. Early buildings of opus reticulatum. 34, 34. Stairs from Forum to Porta Romanula. 35 and 38. Stairs to upper rooms of Caligula's palace. 36, 36. Substructures of Caligula's palace. 37. Caligula's bridge. 39. Porta Mugionis. 40. Temple of Jupiter Stator (so called). 41. Remains of wall of Roma Quadrata. 42, 42. Remains of Nero's palace. 43. Great concrete platform. 44. Remains of mediaeval Turris Cartularia. 45, 45. Series of small bath- rooms. 46. So-called basilica of 5th century. 47. Site of temple and libraries of Apollo. 48. Palace of Augustus (now destroyed). 49. Domus Gelotiann. 50. Stadium, with oval hall of Theodoric (?). 51. Exedra of Hadrian. 52. Stairs from stadium to higher level of hill. 53, 53. Remains of Hadrian's palace, partly covered by later palace of Severus. 54. Baths of Severus's palace. 55, 55. Lofty substructures of Severus's palace. 56. Aqua Claudia brought on Nero's aqueduct. 57. Shops of opus incertum. 58. Substructures of Circus Maximus. 59. Remains of early tufa building, and brick-faced structures of imperial times. 60, 60. Paved road skirting outside of Circus Maximus. Augustus sold eighty silver statues of himself and with the money " offered golden gifts" to this temple, dedicating them both in his own name and in the names of the original donors of the statues. 3 The Sibylline books were preserved under the statue of Apollo

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2 See Dion Cass., xlix. 15, liii. 1, and C.I.L., i. p. 403. 8 See also Suet, Aug., 52, whose account is rather different. (Suet., Aug., 31); and within the cella were vases, tripods, and statues of gold and silver, with a collection of engraved gems dedi- cated by Marcellus (see Plin., H.N., xxxvii. 5). On each side of the porticus was a large library, one Latin and the other Greek ; 4 and a third side of the great enclosure was occupied by a large hall where the Senate occasionally met (Tac., Ann., ii. 37), in the centre SchoL to Juv., i. 128, and Suet, Aug., 29.