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aedem Honoris et Virtutis

also: temple of Honos and Virtus, Honos and Virtus

The double temple of Honos and Virtus near the Porta Capena, vowed by M. Claudius Marcellus during the siege of Syracuse and dedicated in 205 BC; it housed many of the Syracusan masterpieces Marcellus brought back, and stood for the upright Roman general's treatment of Greek art (Verr. 2.4.120-121).

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Against Verres, Second Hearing, Book IV speeches · 1 mention

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