place
Aedes Concordiae
Temple of Concord
Temple at the foot of the Capitoline beside the Forum; site of the Senate meeting of 5 December 63 BC at which Cicero delivered the Fourth Catilinarian.
Reading notes
- Against Catiline, Fourth Speech §1 Temple of Concord
The Fourth Catilinarian was delivered before the Senate in the Temple of Concord beside the Forum on 5 December 63 BC, the day of the debate on the conspirators' punishment; the conspirators were executed in the Tullianum that night.
- Second Philippic §19 this very temple of Concord
The Temple of Concord at the foot of the Capitol, where the Senate met on 5 December 63 to decide the fate of the Catilinarian conspirators; Cicero contrasts that lawful debate with Antony's armed occupation of it.
- Third Philippic §30 the cell of Concord
The temple of Concord at the foot of the Capitol; Cicero charges that Antony hid armed men in its cella while holding a Senate meeting there.
- Fifth Philippic §18 the temple of Concord
The temple of Concordia at the foot of the Capitol, often used for Senate meetings; Cicero says Antony turned it into an armed camp and prison, with brigands stationed among the senators' benches.
- Seventh Philippic §21 stood on the steps of Concord
The temple of Concordia at the foot of the Capitol; Cicero recalls the Roman knights massing on its steps to demand arms and war against Antony, proof that the equestrian order will never accept peace with him.