PORTICUS ABSIDATA
mentioned only in the Notitia (Reg. IV) and in the
Ordo Benedicti of the twelfth century
1 (Urlichs 81;
Jord. ii. 664). The
name indicates that it was built around the inner curve of an apse or
exedra, perhaps that adjacent to the eastern end of the forum of Augustus,
part of which is still in existence. If so, it formed a sort of pendant
to the forum Transitorium (
Jord. ii. 99-100, 319, 474; HJ 328;
Mel.
1889, 350; Mon.
L. i. 528-530; for a similar use of the name in Dacia,
see
CL iii. 7729).