PORTICUS OCTAVIA
built by Cn. Octavius in 168 B.C. to commemorate
a naval victory over Perseus of Macedonia (Fest. 178; Veil. ii. I). It
stood between the theatre of Pompeius and the circus Flaminius, and was
also called porticus Corinthia from its bronze Corinthian capitals (Plin.
NH xxxiv. 13), perhaps the earliest instance of the use of this order in
Rome (for a possible identification with remains in the Via S. Nicola ai
Cesarini, and representation in the Marble Plan (frg. 140), see
BC 1918,
151-155). Augustus restored the building in 33 B.C. (Mon.
Anc. iv. 3),
and placed within it the standards which he had taken from the Dalmatians (App. Illyr. 28: Cass.
Dio xlix. 43, where there is confusion between this and the porticus Octaviae). It was called multo
amoenissima (Vell. loc. cit.), but has left no traces (HJ 488-489;
AR 1909, 77).
