Argiletum
Argiletum is the name of a street (or a residential area) of ancient Rome , which led from the Roman Forum into the Subura or as its main street through this populous district between Esquiline and Viminal and finally ended in Via Labicana . The Argiletum was known for its booksellers.
In the early imperial period, the first wing of the Argiletum was lined with the Augustus and Vespasian Forum , until Domitian began to develop this part into the Forum Transitorium , which, however, was only completed after the murder of Domitian under Emperor Nerva and inaugurated in 97 AD.
The course of the street retained its importance throughout the Middle Ages . Today it corresponds to the course of Via della Madonna dei Monti and Via Leonina.
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Wiktionary: Argiletum - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations
- Christian Hülsen : Argiletum . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume II, 1, Stuttgart 1895, column 718.
Individual evidence
- ^ Filippo Coarelli : Rome. An archaeological guide. Zabern, Mainz 2000, ISBN 3-8053-2685-8 , p. 121 ff .
- ^ Frank Kolb : Rome, the history of the city in antiquity . CH Beck, Munich 1995, ISBN 3-406-39666-6 , p. 375 ff .