Gold of Tolosa

The gold of Tolosa (Latin aurum Tolosanum ) was a Celtic gold treasure.

Originally this gold supposedly came from the oracle of Delphi , but is said to have been brought to Tolosa , today's Toulouse , by a Celtic tribe . There it was stored in the pond of the Celtic sanctuary of Apollo until Tolosa 106 BC. Was sacked by the Romans after a revolt during the reconquest.

The consul Quintus Servilius Caepio discovered the treasure and had it sent to Massalia . The treasure never arrived there, according to Theodor Mommsen , because Caepio's men illegally took possession of it for their master, as hinted at by the ancient historian Cassius Dio. The word aurum Tolosanum became a synonym for an unlucky object among the Romans.

Remarks

^ ^A ^b Cassius Dio 27, 90.
↑ Poseidonios already had doubts about the origin from Delphi in Strabo 4, 13 (p207).

↑ Cf. Theodor Mommsen: Roman History. From the Battle of Pydna to Sulla's death. Weidman, 1861, p. 178 f.

↑ Cicero , de natura deorum 3, 74; Aulus Gellius , Noctes Atticae 3, 9, 7.

[dio2790-1] A ^b Cassius Dio 27, 90.

[2] Poseidonios already had doubts about the origin from Delphi in Strabo 4, 13 (p207).

[3] Cf. Theodor Mommsen: Roman History. From the Battle of Pydna to Sulla's death. Weidman, 1861, p. 178 f.

[4] Cicero , de natura deorum 3, 74; Aulus Gellius , Noctes Atticae 3, 9, 7.