Cbap. 8.] COUCHES OF HUASS. 153 



MummiuR, 34 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. 



CIIAV 7. - OliXAMKNTS OF THE TEMPLES MADE OF BRASS. 



Tin* ancients were in the habit of making the door-sills and 

 even tbe doors of the temples of brass. 1 lind it stated, also, 

 that CiH'ius Octavius, who obtained a naval triumph over King 

 Perseus, 3 * erected the double portico to the Flaminian Circus, 

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

 the pillars. 30 It. is stated also, that an ordinance was made that 

 the Temple of Vesta 37 should be covered with a coating of 

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

 placed by 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 

 qmestor, among the other charges which he brought against 

 Oiimillus, 39 accused him of having brazen doors in his house. 



CHAP. 8. COUCRKS OF BRASS. 



"We learn from L. Piso, 39 that Cneius Manlius was the first who 

 introduced brazen banquet ting- couches, buffets, and tables 

 with .single feet, 40 when lie entered the City in triumph, in the 

 year of Rome 507, after his conquests in Asia. AVc also 

 learn from Antias, 41 that the heirs of L. Crassus, the orator, 

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



* Sec B. x\xiii. c. 53. 



35 A.r.c. />*> ; \ve have. nn nrrount of it in Livy, B. xiv. c. 42. B. 



5 * This building is referred to by \Mh-ius Puterculufl, in the beginning 

 of the Second Hook of iiis iiUtorj, B. According to Aurelius Victor, 

 it was situated in the. Ninth Region of tho City. 



37 Tho Tunplu of Vcstsi is described by Ovid, Fasti, B. vi. 1. 205, 



** (\ (.'amilhis |>robul>ly, the llotnnn juiist and friend of Cicero. 



3 }sc. end of U. ii. 



40 * 4 Triclinia," "abnci," and ' monopodia ;" those appear to liavo bcon 

 conches for dininc:-t:tllrs, tables furnished with cupboards, and tables 

 standing on a single foot. Livy, 11. x\\ix. c. G, informs us, that Cneius 

 Manlins, in his triumphal proctssion, introduced into Rome various articles 

 of Asiatic luxury; *' l,<-ctos :iratos, vestem stra.uulam preciosam, moDO- 

 podia, ct abacus." AVe arc not to Mippnsu that the \vliolc of tlu-sc artirlis 

 were made of brass, but that certain parts of them w re formed of liis 

 metal, or else were ornamented \\ith brass. B. 4l Sec end of B. ii. 



