Carīnae
A street of Rome where Cicero, Pompey, and others of the principal Romans lived. From the
epithet
lautae, which Vergil applies to the Carinae, we may infer that
the houses which stood in this quarter of ancient Rome were distinguished by an air of
superior elegance and grandeur (
Aen. viii. 361 foll.). The name Carinae is probably derived from the
street's position in a hollow between the Coelian, Esquiline, and Palatine hills.