The Lacus Curtius ("Lake Curtius") was a pit or pool in the ground in the Forum Romanum. The area where the Forum would later be built was originally likely...
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spelling of "LacusCurtius" is as a single CamelCase word, with no space; the idea was to avoid interfering with searches for the original Lacus Curtius in ancient...
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In Roman mythology, the Battle of the Lacus Curtius was the final battle in the war between the Roman Kingdom and the Sabines following Rome's mass abduction...
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Hersilia (section Battle of the Lacus Curtius)
In Roman mythology, Hersilia was a figure in the foundation myth of Rome. She is credited with ending the war between Rome and the Sabines. In some accounts...
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rode his horse into the Lacus Curtius, which was then named after him Quintus Curtius Rufus, 1st century CE historian Curtius Rufus. 1st century CE politician...
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Martignano Lacus Curtius, a topographical feature in ancient Rome Lacus Juturnae, a spring and man-made religious structure in ancient Rome Lacus may also...
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Rome. The Lacus Curtius in the Forum was supposedly built on the site of the pit, and receives its name from him. The story of Marcus Curtius, sacrificing...
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Henry John. Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-99080-7 – via LacusCurtius. Forum Romanum Index to Caesar's works online[usurped] in Latin and translation...
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S. Forster, Bill Thayer's edition. Lacus Curtius website Latin and English texts of Florus's poems. Lacus Curtius website. Wikiquote has quotations related...
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citadel, and fierce fighting ensued. The nearby Lacus Curtius is said to be named after Mettius Curtius, a Sabine warrior who plunged his horse into its...
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Curtia gens (redirect from Curtius (gens))
water became known as the Lacus Curtius. In later times, the Lacus Curtius was drained and became part of the Roman Forum. Curtius' narrow escape is depicted...
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related to this article: Quintus Curtius Rufus Latin text of Curtius on LacusCurtius website. Latin text of Curtius[usurped]. A slightly different version...
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they took a wrong turn and arrived too late. He was killed near the Lacus Curtius. Vinius tried to run away, calling out that Otho had not ordered him...
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Plutarch. "Life of Theseus". penelope.uchicago.edu. Retrieved 11 May 2023. "LacusCurtius • Greek Festivals — Ariadneia". Smith's Dictionary. 1875. Retrieved 11...
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Harvard University Press (published 1989). ISBN 978-0674993754 – via LacusCurtius. Dionysius of Halicarnassus (1950) [c. 30–10 BC]. Roman Antiquities....
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ISBN 978-0-8142-0937-0. Pliny the Elder. Natural History. pp. xv.10.11. Lacus Curtius. Apicius. Carlton, Deb (2013). "Quince". In Cumo, Christopher (ed.)...
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Pertinax, English translation at Lacus Curtius Herodian, History of the Roman Empire, English translation at Lacus Curtius Cassius Dio, Roman History, Book...
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Events Golden Bough Founding of Rome Rape of the Sabine Women Battle of Lacus Curtius Objects Gubernaculum Pignora imperii Variations Gallo-Roman Mysteries...
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Events Golden Bough Founding of Rome Rape of the Sabine Women Battle of Lacus Curtius Objects Gubernaculum Pignora imperii Variations Gallo-Roman Mysteries...
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William Heinemann (London). Cassius Dio (1917). Roman History (Thayer Lacus Curtius). Vol. VI Book LV. Loeb Classical Library. Velleius Paterculus, Roman...
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Routledge. ISBN 0-415-07248-4. Servian Wall entry on the Lacus Curtius website Lacus Curtius page including gates in the Servian Wall Map showing the...
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University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1989.Online version at the Lacus Curtius: Into the Roman World. Hesiod, The Homeric Hymns and Homerica with an...
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University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1989.Online version at the Lacus Curtius: Into the Roman World. Fowler, R. L. (2013), Early Greek Mythography:...
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Helmbold, Harvard University Press, 1962. ix. Lacus Curtius online text Isis and Osiris Lacus Curtius online text On the Face in the Moon Xenophontos...
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BC. The antiquarian Varro suggested that Curiatius (Curtius) gave his name to the Lacus Curtius, a holy site on the Roman Forum. After lightning had...
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artist Paweł Wocial.[citation needed] Capitoline Wolf statues in cities (Lacus Curtius website) Rodolfo Lanciani, Ancient Rome in the Light of Recent Discoveries...
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Historia Augusta, Life of Claudius 13. LacusCurtius. Historia Augusta, Life of Claudius 1 (note 1). LacusCurtius. Southern, p. 172 Bond, Sarah; Nicholson...
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Translated by White, Horace. Cambridge: Harvard University Press – via LacusCurtius. Augustus (1924) [before AD 14]. Res Gestae Divi Augusti. Loeb Classical...
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Mediterranean. Oxford University Press. pp. 270–. ISBN 978-0-19-967562-3. Lacus Curtius - Forums of Ancient Rome 41°53′34″N 12°29′11″E / 41.8927°N 12.4865°E...
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known as the Battle of the Lacus Curtius. The Roman advance was led by Hostus Hostilius, the Sabine defence by Mettus Curtius. Hostus fell in battle, and...
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