TETRICUS, DOMUS
on the Caelian: opposite the temple of Isis (v.
INTER DUOS
LUCOS). It was probably close to the boundary between
Regions II
and
III, near SS. Quattro Coronati (Rev. Etudes
Anc. 1914, 213-214;
AJA 1914, 530), and was called pulcherrima at the beginning of the
fourth century (Hist. Aug. xxx. tyr. 25). It belonged to C. Pius
Esuvius Tetricus, who was defeated by Aurelian in 274 A.D. V.
Domaszewski (
SHA 1916, 7. A, io;
1918, 13. A, 49;
1920, 6. A, 28)
regards the whole passage as a sheer invention.