Petronia amnis

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Petronia amnis was a torrent flowing into the Tiber in ancient Rome . It sprang from a source named Cati fons :

"The" Catus spring "( Cati fons ), from which the Petronia water ( aqua Petronia ) flows into the Tiber, is so named because it was in the field of the Catus."

The Catifons was a spring on the western flank of the Quirinal and near the old porta Salutaris (perhaps identical to today's Acqua di S. Felice, which rises in the courtyard of the Quirinal Palace in Via della Panetteria). The Petronia amnis probably flowed from there in a south-west direction through today's Piazza Venezia and then westwards to the east end of the porticus Pompeiana . From here on, its further course is uncertain. Presumably it flowed through the palus Caprae of the Marsfeld and flowed into the Tiber near the Navalia . But a union with the aqua Sallustiana (which was sometimes equated with the Petronia amnis ) is conceivable.

In the 2nd century AD, Sextus Pompeius Festus emphasizes the great importance of this river for the Auspicia:

"The Petronia River ( Petronia amnis ), which flows into the Tiber, is the one that the magistrates crossed to carry out the auspices when they wanted to do in the field what was called 'Auspicien at a river crossing'."

The origin of the name is not known. The genus feminine of amnis , which is no longer common in classical Latin , suggests that it originated in a relatively early period.

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  1. ↑ Festus 45: Cati fons ex quo aqua Petronia in Tiberim fluit dictus quod in agro fuerit Cati.
  2. ↑ Festus 250: Petronia amnis est in Tiberim perfluens, quam magistratus auspicato transeunt, cum in Campo quid agere volunt, quod genus auspici peremne vocatur. See Theodor Mommsen , Römisches Staatsrecht , Vol. 1, 97, 103.