Samuel Ball Platner, Thomas Ashby, A Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome, DEA CARNA, SACRUM , L. ASINIUS RUFUS, DOMUS , CASSIUS ARGILLUS, DOMUS

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the house of a certain senator, Argillus, which was said to have been pulled down by order of the senate, after its owner had counselled peace with Hannibal after the battle of Cannae (Serv. Aen. viii. 345). This was one of the stories invented to account for the name Argiletum.

A Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome. Samuel Ball Platner. Thomas Ashby. London: Humphrey Milford. Oxford University Press. 1929.

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