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    The Lacus Curtius ("Lake Curtius") was a pit or pool in the ground in the Forum Romanum. The area where the Forum would later be built was originally likely...
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    In Roman mythology, the Battle of the Lacus Curtius was the final battle in the war between the Roman Kingdom and the Sabines following Rome's mass abduction...
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  • spelling of "LacusCurtius" is as a single CamelCase word, with no space; the idea was to avoid interfering with searches for the original Lacus Curtius in ancient...
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    Rome. The Lacus Curtius in the Forum was supposedly built on the site of the pit, and receives its name from him. The story of Marcus Curtius, sacrificing...
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  • Martignano Lacus Curtius, a topographical feature in ancient Rome Lacus Juturnae, a spring and man-made religious structure in ancient Rome Lacus may also...
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    In Roman mythology, Hersilia was a figure in the foundation myth of Rome. She is credited with ending the war between Rome and the Sabines. In some accounts...
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  • rode his horse into the Lacus Curtius, which was then named after him Quintus Curtius Rufus, 1st century CE historian Curtius Rufus. 1st century CE politician...
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    Plutarch. "Life of Theseus". penelope.uchicago.edu. Retrieved 11 May 2023. "LacusCurtius • Greek Festivals — Ariadneia". Smith's Dictionary. 1875. Retrieved 11...
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    Henry John. Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-99080-7 – via LacusCurtius. Forum Romanum Index to Caesar's works online[usurped] in Latin and translation...
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    citadel, and fierce fighting ensued. The nearby Lacus Curtius is said to be named after Mettius Curtius, a Sabine warrior who plunged his horse into its...
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    S. Forster, Bill Thayer's edition. Lacus Curtius website Latin and English texts of Florus's poems. Lacus Curtius website. Wikiquote has quotations related...
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    Curtia gens (redirect from Curtius (gens))
    water became known as the Lacus Curtius. In later times, the Lacus Curtius was drained and became part of the Roman Forum. Curtius' narrow escape is depicted...
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  • doi:10.1086/429941. ISSN 0009-837X. S2CID 162615080. Plutarch, Parallel Lives (Numa Pompilius), v. 8.6. English translation on Lacus Curtius. v t e...
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    related to this article: Quintus Curtius Rufus Latin text of Curtius on LacusCurtius website. Latin text of Curtius[usurped]. A slightly different version...
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    they took a wrong turn and arrived too late. He was killed near the Lacus Curtius. Vinius tried to run away, calling out that Otho had not ordered him...
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    ISBN 978-0-8142-0937-0. Pliny the Elder. Natural History. pp. xv.10.11. Lacus Curtius. Apicius. Carlton, Deb (2013). "Quince". In Cumo, Christopher (ed.)...
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    University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1989.Online version at the Lacus Curtius: Into the Roman World. Fowler, R. L. (2013), Early Greek Mythography:...
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    Pertinax, English translation at Lacus Curtius Herodian, History of the Roman Empire, English translation at Lacus Curtius Cassius Dio, Roman History, Book...
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    Harvard University Press (published 1989). ISBN 978-0674993754 – via LacusCurtius. Dionysius of Halicarnassus (1950) [c. 30–10 BC]. Roman Antiquities....
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    University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1989.Online version at the Lacus Curtius: Into the Roman World. Hesiod, The Homeric Hymns and Homerica with an...
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    Events Golden Bough Founding of Rome Rape of the Sabine Women Battle of Lacus Curtius Objects Gubernaculum Parabiago Plate Pignora imperii Variations Gallo-Roman...
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    Events Golden Bough Founding of Rome Rape of the Sabine Women Battle of Lacus Curtius Objects Gubernaculum Parabiago Plate Pignora imperii Variations Gallo-Roman...
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    was immediately met by a troop of his rival Otho's cavalry near the Lacus Curtius in the Forum, where he was killed. During these early Imperial times...
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    Rome portal "Roman Military Equipment", Roman Shields (web museum) Lacus Curtius Online, University of Chicago for online translations of Plutarch, Polybius...
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    BC. The antiquarian Varro suggested that Curiatius (Curtius) gave his name to the Lacus Curtius, a holy site on the Roman Forum. After lightning had...
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    of the Roman Forum is another entrance, Lacus Curtius, where according to legend, a Roman soldier named Curtius, bravely rode his horse into the entrance...
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    William Heinemann (London). Cassius Dio (1917). Roman History (Thayer Lacus Curtius). Vol. VI Book LV. Loeb Classical Library. Velleius Paterculus, Roman...
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    Historia Augusta, Life of Claudius 13. LacusCurtius. Historia Augusta, Life of Claudius 1 (note 1). LacusCurtius. Southern, p. 172 Bond, Sarah; Nicholson...
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    Mediterranean. Oxford University Press. pp. 270–. ISBN 978-0-19-967562-3. Lacus Curtius - Forums of Ancient Rome 41°53′34″N 12°29′11″E / 41.8927°N 12.4865°E...
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    Routledge. ISBN 0-415-07248-4. Servian Wall entry on the Lacus Curtius website Lacus Curtius page including gates in the Servian Wall Map showing the...
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