place
Aedes Iovis Statoris
Temple of Jupiter Stator
Temple at the foot of the Palatine, near the start of the Sacra Via; site of the Senate meeting of 8 November 63 BC at which Cicero delivered the First Catilinarian.
Reading notes
- Against Catiline, First Speech §11 Jupiter Stator
Temple of Jupiter Stator ("the Stayer"), founded by Romulus on the spot where Jupiter caused the Romans to halt and rally against the Sabines; chosen for this Senate meeting for its associations with rallying against an internal threat.
- Second Philippic §64 The spear was set up before the temple of Jupiter Stator
A spear (hasta) planted in the ground marked a public auction; here the confiscated estate of Pompey was sold off, and Antony alone dared to buy it.