Aedes Castoris

Reading notes

• Ad Quintum Fratrem 2.3 §6 wounds in the temple of Castor

  The temple of Castor and Pollux in the Forum, often a flashpoint in the street violence of the 50s BC; Sestius had been beaten nearly to death there in 57 and rescued by Bestia's intervention.

• Against Verres, Second Hearing, Book I §129 temple of Castor

  The temple of the Dioscuri in the Forum, used in Cicero's day as a public venue for treasury accounts and Senate meetings. Verres rigged the contract for whitewashing four columns at 560,000 sesterces, when the work could be done for 40,000.

• Third Philippic §27 before the temple of Castor

  The temple of Castor and Pollux in the Forum, a frequent platform for public speeches; Antony is said to have declared from there that only the victorious party would be left alive.

• Fifth Philippic §21 the temple of Castor

  The temple of Castor and Pollux in the Forum, a frequent venue for public meetings; Cicero recalls Antony declaring there that none but the victor should live.

• For Publius Quinctius §17 temple of Castor

  The temple of the Dioscuri in the Forum, used in Cicero's day as a public point for checking treasury account-balances; "asking at Castor's" was the way to learn what was actually being paid out, as distinct from what the books said was owed.