Regia
Vesta, Aedes

In Vergilium Commentarius

Maurus (Marius) Servius Honoratus

AUGUSTA AD MOENIA augurio consecrata. Hinc paulo post <170> illud est 'tectum augustum, ingens' . Et nisi in augusto loco consilium senatus habere non poterat: unde templum Vestae non fuit augurio consecratum, ne illuc conveniret senatus, ubi erant virgines; nam haec fuerat regia Numae Pompilii: ad atrium autem Vestae conveniebat, quod a templo remotum fuerat.

To the majestic walls consecrated by augury. A little after this (170) is "the house, stately and huge." And the senate could not hold a meeting except in a consecrated place: whence the temple of Vesta was not consecrated by augury, so the senate would not meet there, where there were the virgins; for this had been the house of Numa Pompilius. But it used to meet at the atrium of Vesta, which was separate from the temple.

Translation by Jane W. Crawford, © 2001.

Texts

Ab Urbe Condita, 5.40.7-10
T. Livius (Livy)

Ab Urbe Condita, 5.42.1-2
T. Livius (Livy)

Ab Urbe Condita Periochae, 19
T. Livius (Livy)

Ab excessu divid Marci, 1.14.4
Heriodianus

Annales, 15.41
Cornelius Tacitus (Tacitus)

Antiquitates Romanae, 2.66.1
Dionysius Halicarnassensis

Antiquitates Romanae, 2.66.3-6
Dionysius Halicarnassensis

Antiquitates Romanae, 6.13.2
Dionysius Halicarnassensis

Antiquitates Romanae, 2.66.4
Dionysius Halicarnassensis

Camillus, 22.6
Plutarchus (Plutarch)

Camillus, 21.1
Plutarchus (Plutarch)

Collectanea Rerum Memorabilium, 1.21
C. Iulius Solinus

De Lingua Latina, 6.12
M. Terentius Varro (Varro)

De Lingua Latina, 6.21
M. Terentius Varro (Varro)

De Verborum Significatu, 202L
Sextus Pompeius Festus (Festus)

De Verborum Significatu, 320L
Sextus Pompeius Festus (Festus)

De Verborum Significatu, 190L
Sextus Pompeius Festus (Festus)

De Verborum Significatu, 152L
Sextus Pompeius Festus (Festus)

De Verborum Significatu, 296L
Sextus Pompeius Festus (Festus)

De Verborum Significatu, 439L
Sextus Pompeius Festus (Festus)

De Verborum Significatu, 292L
Sextus Pompeius Festus (Festus)

De Verborum Significatu, 347L
Sextus Pompeius Festus (Festus)

De Vita Caesarum, 46
C. Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius)

Epigrammata, 1.70.3
M. Valerius Martialis (Martial)

Epistulae, 4.11.6
C. Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger)

Facta et Dicta Memorabilia, 1.4.5
Valerius Maximus

Fasti, 6.297-98
P. Ovidius Naso (Ovid)

Fasti, 6.263-64
P. Ovidius Naso (Ovid)

Fasti, 6.295-98
P. Ovidius Naso (Ovid)

Fasti, 6.257-60
P. Ovidius Naso (Ovid)

Fasti, 6.261-66
P. Ovidius Naso (Ovid)

Historiae, 1.43
Cornelius Tacitus (Tacitus)

Historiae Romanae, 54.27.3
Cassius Dio

Historiae Romanae, 1.6.2
Cassius Dio

Historiae Romanae, 48.42.1-6
Cassius Dio

Historiae Romanae, 72.24
Cassius Dio

Historiae Romanae, 54.24.2
Cassius Dio

Historiae Romanae, 42.31.3
Cassius Dio

Historiae Romanae, 44.17.2
Cassius Dio

Historiae adversum Paganos, 4.11.9
Paulus Orosius

In Vergilium Commentarius, 8.363
Maurus (Marius) Servius Honoratus

In Vergilium Commentarius, 7.603
Maurus (Marius) Servius Honoratus

In Vergilium Commentarius, 3.12
Maurus (Marius) Servius Honoratus

Liber de Prodigiis, 50
Iulius Obsequens

Liber de Prodigiis, 44a
Iulius Obsequens

Liber de Prodigiis, 19
Iulius Obsequens

Liber de Prodigiis, 6
Iulius Obsequens

Liber de Prodigiis, 47
Iulius Obsequens

Liber de Prodigiis, 44
Iulius Obsequens

Naturalis Historia, 34.48
C. Plinius Caecilius (Pliny the Elder)

Naturalis Historia, 34.13
C. Plinius Caecilius (Pliny the Elder)

Naturalis Historia, 7.141
C. Plinius Caecilius (Pliny the Elder)

Noctes Atticae, 14.7.7
A. Gellius (Aulus Gellius)

Noctes Atticae, 2.28.6
A. Gellius (Aulus Gellius)

Noctes Atticae, 4.6.1-2
A. Gellius (Aulus Gellius)

Numa, 11.1
Plutarchus (Plutarch)

Numa, 14.1
Plutarchus (Plutarch)

Quaestiones Romanae et Graecae, 97
Plutarchus (Plutarch)

Regia
Richardson, L. jr

Saturnalia, 1.16.30
Ambrosius Theodosius Macrobius

Saturnalia, 1.15.19
Ambrosius Theodosius Macrobius

Tristia, 3.1.30
P. Ovidius Naso (Ovid)

Tristia, 3.1.29
P. Ovidius Naso (Ovid)

Vesta Aedes
Richardson, L. jr

Images

Detail of Base Decorations
Detail of Coffering Elements
Detail of External Entablature
Detail of Internal Entablature
Extant Monumental Remains (Heavily Reconstructed)
In Situ Remains
Roofing Solution