CLIVUS PUBLICIUS
a street constructed and paved by Lucius and Marcus
Publicius Malleolus, who were curule aediles about 238 B.C. (Fest. 238;
Varro,
LL v. 158; Ov.
Fast. v. 293-4). It began in the forum Boarium,
near the west end of the circus Maximus and the porta Trigemina
(Frontin. 5;
Liv. xxvii. 37), and must have extended across the Aventine
in a southerly direction (
Liv. xxvi. 10), past the temple of Diana to the
VICUS PISCINAE PUBLICAE (q.v.). It was said to have been burned
to the ground in 203 B.C. (
Liv. xxx. 26), which must mean that it was
thickly built up.