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Samuel Ball Platner, Thomas Ashby, A Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome, ROMA QUADRATA (2) (search)
diaeval ruins which were formerly believed to belong to the temple of Jupiter Stator, but have since been excavated by Boni, and ascertained to be the foundations of two towers, which he conjectures to be the Turres Cencii, domnae Bonae et Unquitatis (Iniquitatis ? in which Pope Gelasius II was imprisoned in 1118), which were demolished by Calixtus II in 1119 (LPD ii. 323, 324, n. 18). The foundations of a triumphal arch also came to light (see ARCUS DOMITIANI (2)). A statue of the fifth-fourth century B.C. (perhaps of the school of Timotheus) which has generally been interpreted as a Victory, was also found here (AJA 1918, 347); but the lack of wings is against the identification (DAP 2. xiv. 235-239). As we have seen, the site of the AREA PALATINA (q.v.) has been generally connected with that of Roma quadrata (2); but inasmuch as the latter is stated by Festus to be ante templum Apollinis, it is difficult to find a place for it if we accept (as on other grounds we are probably right