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Capitolium Vetus: A New Street in Rome?
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Capitolium Vetus: A New Street in Rome?
Capitolium Vetus: A New Street in Rome?
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Jakub Gruchalski
Jakub Gruchalski
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1 October 2021
journal article
editorial
Published by
University of Chicago Press
in
Classical Philology
Vol. 116
(4)
,
599-603
https://doi.org/10.1086/715520
Abstract
The paper argues that contrary to widespread belief, the toponym Capitolium Vetus mentioned in Varro De lingua latina 5.158.3 designates an ascending street (clivus), and not a shrine or an eminence.
Keywords
STREET
VETUS
ASCENDING
LINGUA
LATINA
VARRO
TOPONYM
BELIEF
ROME
EMINENCE
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