Saturnus, Aedes

Annales

Cornelius Tacitus

Fine anni arcus propter aedem Saturni ob recepta signa cum Varo amissa ductu Germanici, auspiciis Tiberii, et aedes Fortis Fortunae Tiberim iuxta in hortis, quos Caesar dictator populo Romano legaverat, sacrarium genti Iuliae effigiesque divo Augusto apud Bovillas dicantur.

The close of the year saw dedicated an arch near the temple of Saturn commemorating the recovery, "under the leadership of Germanicus and the auspices of Tiberius," of the eagles lost with Varus; a temple to Fors Fortuna on the Tiber bank, in the gardens which the dictator Caesar had bequeathed to the nation; a sanctuary to the Julian race, and an effigy to the deity of Augustus, at Bovillae.

Reprinted by permission of the publishers and the Trustees of the Loeb Classical Library from Cornelius Tacitus: Volume III: Histories 4-5, Annals 1-3., Loeb Classical Library Vol. 249, translated by Clifford H. Moore, John Jackson, Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, © 1931, 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

Ab Urbe Condita, 41.21.12
T. Livius (Livy)

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

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

In Vergilium Commentarius, 8.319
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