Samuel Ball Platner, Thomas Ashby, A Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome, PORTICUS CATULI

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PORTICUS CATULI

built by Q. Lutatius Catulus next to his house on the Palatine, after his victory over the Cimbri in 101 B.C. Clodius enlarged the area of this porticus during Cicero's exile,¹ but it was afterwards restored to its original dimensions by decree of the senate (Cic. de domo 62, 102, 114, 116, 137; de Har. resp. 58; adAtt. iv. 2. 5; 3. 2; Val. Max. vi. 3. ; HJ 57, 58.

1 He actually substituted his own name. For the situation of the porticus. see CICERO, M. TULLIUS, DOMUS.

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

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