Saturnus, Aedes

In Vergilium Commentarius

Maurus (Marius) Servius Honoratus

AB AETHERIO VENIT SATVRNVS OLYMPO: hoc dicit secundum poeticum morem; nam Saturnus rex fuit Cretae, quem Iuppiter filius bello pepulit. Hic fugiens ab Iano rege, qui urbem habuit, ubi nunc Ianiculum, est susceptus, qui regnabat in Italia. Quem cum docuisset usum vinearum et falcis et humaniorem victum, in partem est admissus imperii et sibi oppidum fecit sub clivo Capitolino, ubi nunc eius aedes videtur.

From lofty Olympus Saturn came: he says this according to poetic custom; for Saturn was king of Crete, whom Jupiter his son drove out in war. Fleeing, he was received by King Janus, who held the city, where the Janiculum now is, who was ruling in Italy. When he had taught him the use of vines and sickles and a more human way of life, he was admitted into a share of the rule, and he built a town for himself at the foot of the Clivus Capitolinus, where now his temple is seen.

Translation by Jane W. Crawford, © 2001.

Texts

Ab Urbe Condita, 2.21.1-2
T. Livius (Livy)

Ab Urbe Condita, 41.21.12
T. Livius (Livy)

Annales, 2.41
Cornelius Tacitus (Tacitus)

Antiquitates Romanae, 7.72.13
Dionysius Halicarnassensis

Antiquitates Romanae, 6.1.4
Dionysius Halicarnassensis

Bellum Civile, 1.31
Appianus

Collectanea Rerum Memorabilium, 1.12
C. Iulius Solinus

De Lingua Latina, 5.183
M. Terentius Varro (Varro)

De Lingua Latina, 5.42
M. Terentius Varro (Varro)

De Origine Gentis Romanae, 3.6
Sex. Aurelius Victor

De Verborum Significatu, 2L
Paulus Diaconus

De Vita Caesarum, 29.5
C. Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius)

Epistulae, 10.3.1
C. Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger)

Fabulae (Genealogiae), 261
Hyginus

Historiae Romanae, 45.17.3
Cassius Dio

In Milonianam, 36
Quintus Asconius Pedianus (Asconius)

In Vergilium Commentarius, 2.116
Maurus (Marius) Servius Honoratus

Naturalis Historia, 15.32
C. Plinius Caecilius (Pliny the Elder)

Saturnalia, 1.8.5
Ambrosius Theodosius Macrobius

Saturnalia, 1.8.3
Ambrosius Theodosius Macrobius

Saturnalia, 1.8.1
Ambrosius Theodosius Macrobius

Saturnalia, 1.8.4
Ambrosius Theodosius Macrobius

Saturnus Aedes
Richardson, L. jr

Tiberius Gracchus, 10.6
Plutarchus (Plutarch)

Images

Detail of Coffer and Modillion
Detail of Corona on the Cornice
Detail of Pedimental Dentils
Elevation of South Façade
Front Façade and Inscription
Rear View of Front Façade
View from Forum
View of Front Façade from the East