Cbap. 8.] COUCRES or BKASS. • 153 



Mummius,^* Corinth was destroyed : at the same time, however, 

 it should be remembered that this victory dispersed a number 

 of bronzes which originally came from many other cities of 

 Achaia. 



CffAP 7. OE^-AMENTS OF THE TEMPLES MADE OF BRASS. 



The ancients were in the habit of making the door-sills and 

 even the doors of the temples of brass. I find it stated, also, 

 that Cneius Octavius, who obtained a naval triumph over King 

 Perseus,^' erected the double portico to the Flamiuian Circus, 

 which was called the " Corinthian" from the brazen capitals of 

 the pillars. ^^ It is stated also, that an ordinance was made that 

 the Temple of Yesta^'^ should be covered with a coating of 

 Syracusan metal. The capitals, too, of the pillars, which were 

 placed hy M. Agrippa in the Pantheon, are made of similar 

 metal. Even the opulence, too, of private individuals has 

 been wrested to similar purposes. Spurius Carvilius, the 

 quaestor, among the other charges which he brought against 

 Camillus/® accused him of having brazen doors in his house. 



CHAP. 8. COUCHES OF BRASS. 



"We learn fromL. Piso,^^ that Cneius Manlius was the first who 

 introduced brazen banquetting- couches, buffets, and tables 

 with single feet,'^° when he entered the City in triumph, in the 

 year of Rome 567, after liis conquests in Asia. We also 

 learn from Antias,^^ that the heirs of L. Crassus, the orator, 

 sold a number of banquetting-couches adorned with brass. The 



5i See B. xxxiii. c. 53. 



3^ A.u.c. 585 ; we have an account of it in Livy, R. xiv. c. 42. — B, 



3G This huilding is referred to by Velleius Paterculus, in the beginning 

 of the Second Book of liis History. — B. According to Aurelius Victor, 

 it was situated in the Ninth Region of the City. 



37 The Temple of Vesta is described by Ovid, Fasti, B. vi, 1. 265, 

 et seq. — B. 



23. C. Camillus probably, the Roman jurist and friend of Cicero. 



39 See end of B. ii. 



40 " Triclinia," "abaci," and •' monopodia;" those appear to liave been 

 couches for dining-tables, tables furnislied with cupboards, and tables 

 standing on a single foot. Livy, B. xxxix. c. 6, informs us, that Cneius 

 Manlius, in his triumphal procession, introduced into Rome various articles 

 of Asiatic luxury, " Lectos seratos, vestem stragulani preciosam, mono- 

 podia, et abacos." We are not to suppose that the whole of these articles 

 were made of brass, but that certain parts of them were formed of this 

 metal, or else were ornamented with brass. — B, ^^ See end of B. ii. 



