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Aedes Telluris
the temple of Tellus
also: aede telluris, temple of Tellus
The temple of the earth-goddess Tellus on the Esquiline at Rome, near which Quintus's house lay; Cicero saw to its upkeep and placed Quintus's statue there in 54 BC.
Reading notes
- Ad Atticum 16.14 §1 than they were in the temple of Tellus
The temple of Tellus (Earth) on the Esquiline, where the Senate met on 17 March 44 BC, two days after the murder, and voted both an amnesty for the assassins and the confirmation of Caesar's acts.
- Ad Quintum Fratrem 3.1 §14 the temple of Tellus and Catulus's portico
Two public monuments at Rome whose upkeep Cicero attends to for Quintus: the temple of the earth-goddess Tellus on the Esquiline and the portico built by Q. Lutatius Catulus (cos. 78 BC).
- First Philippic §1 temple of Tellus
The temple of the earth-goddess Tellus, where Antony convened the Senate on 17 March 44 BC, the day after Caesar's murder. There the compromise was struck ratifying Caesar's acts while granting the assassins amnesty.
- Second Philippic §89 I came to the temple of Tellus
The Temple of Tellus (Earth) was where the Senate met on 17 March 44 BC, two days after Caesar's murder, to ratify the amnesty between the assassins and the Caesarians.