Rostra Augusti

Divus Claudius

Scriptores Historiae Augustae

Illi totius orbis iudicio in Rostris posita est columna palmata statua superfixa librarum argenti mille quingentarum.

In his honor by action of the entire world there was placed on the Rostra a column bearing a silver statue arrayed in the palm-embroidered tunic and weighing fifteen hundred pounds.

Reprinted by permission of the publishers and the Trustees of the Loeb Classical Library from Scriptores Historiae Augustae: Volume III. The Two Valerians. The Two Gallieni. The Thirty Pretenders. The Deified Claudius. The Deified Aurelian. Tacitus. Probus. Firmus, Saturninus, Proculus and Bonosus. Carus, Carinus and Numerian, Loeb Classical Library Vol. 263, translated by D. Magie, Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, © 1932, by the President and Fellows of Harvard College. The Loeb Classical Library ® is a registered trademark of the President and Fellows of Harvard College.

Texts

De Constantia, 1.3
L. Annaeus Seneca (Seneca)

De Vita Caesarum, 100.3
C. Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius)

Epitome de Caesaribus, 19
Sex. Aurelius Victor

Historiae Romanae, 75.4.2
Cassius Dio

Historiae Romanae, 62.4.3
Cassius Dio

Historiae Romanae, 43.49.1
Cassius Dio

Historiae Romanae, 56.34.4
Cassius Dio

Naturalis Historia, 34.93
C. Plinius Caecilius (Pliny the Elder)

Rostra Augusti
Richardson, L. jr

Images

Close-up of Eastern Side and Rostrate Front
Overhead View of Extant Remains
Plan View of Archaeological Remains
View of Extant Remains
View of Foundation from the North
View of Foundation, Looking North