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Notes Display Latin text | Augustus, Chapter 22: Augustus closes the doors of the Janus temple | Next chapter Return to index Previous chapter |
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The temple of Janus Quirinus, which had been shut twice only, from the era of the building of the city to his own time, he [Note 1] closed thrice in a much shorter period, having established universal peace both by sea and land. He twice entered the city with the honours of an ovation, namely, after the war of Philippi, and again after that of Sicily. He had also three curule triumphs for his several victories in Dalmatia, Actium, and Alexandria; each of which lasted three days. Note 1: he = Augustus |
Persons with images Augustus Notes: Ovation:In the ovation the general entered the City on foot, in later times on horseback, clothed in a simple toga praetexta, and often unattended by his soldiers. In the "triumph" the general sacrificed a bull to Jupiter on the Capitol; in the "ovation" a sheep was substituted. Hence its name ovis (= sheep). Curule:a. 4 horses. B. Curule chair: chair of a consul etc. Triumph:The highest honour to a general: clad like Jupiter he drove in a chariot drawn by four white horses. Before him walked the prisoners taken in the war, and the spoils of the captured cities, and in later times pictures of the conquered territories were carried before the general's chariot. He was followed by his troops, who sung songs, often extempore effusions, in honour of their commander. |