Anonymous, Notitia of the Regions of Rome

Anonymous, Notitia of the Regions of the City of Rome, translated and annotated by Roger Pearse. Part 14 of The Chronography of 354 AD: Notice of the 14 regions of the City. Text from Topographie der Stadt Rom in Alterthum II (1871), pp.543-571. A work in the public domain, nobly scanned, annotated, and placed online by Roger Pearse at Tertullian.org. This text has 136 tagged references to 109 ancient places.
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§ i  "The text has not reached us in its original form, but in two later forms. The first of these has no title in the manuscripts in which it is found, and is referred to by modern scholars as the Notitia urbis Romae regionum XIV. The other does have a title, which is Curiosum urbis Romae regionum XIIII. The term curiosum is of course the work of some barbarous copyist. The Notitia must date to 334 AD or later, as it refers to the equestrian statue of Constantine, dedicated in that year. It must date before 357, when the sixth obelisk was erected in the Circus Maximus by Constantius II. The Curiosum does mention this obelisk, which means that it dates later than 357. Polemius Silvius uses the Curiosum in his calendar written in 449 AD, which therefore is the terminus ante quem for this recension. Some would suggest the absence of mention of the walls restored by Honorius in 403 is also significant; but then neither recension mentions the walls built by Aurelian in 270-82. The statistics at the end of the text do not agree with the body of either version. This suggests that they have an independent origin, even allowing for corruptions in transmission." [Roger Pearse]. The original Latin (in parentheses) is primarily from the Notitia, whereas the English is a combination of Notititia and Curiosum.

Event Date: -2000 LA

§ 1  REGION 1 Capena Gate (PORTA CAPENA) contains:
Temple of Honour and Virtue (aedem Honoris et Virtutis)
A fountain dedicated to the Muses (Camenas et)
Fountain of Prometheus (lacum Promethei)
Baths of Torquatus and Vespasian (balineum Torquati et Vespasiani)
Severian and Commodian hot baths  (thermas Severianus et Commodianas)
Parks of Apollo and Splenis (aream Apollonis et Splenis et Calles)
District connected with glass-making (vicum vitrarium)
District connected with cloth-making (aream pannariam)
Place where imperial carriages were kept (mutatorium Caesaris)
Baths of T. Flavius Abascantus (freedman of Domitian) and S. Petronius Mamertinus [praetorian prefect, 139-143 AD] (balineum Bolani et Mamertini/Abascanti et Antiochiani)
A square for private carriages (aream carruces)
Temples of Mars and Minerva and Tempest (aedem Martis et Minervae et Tempestatis)
The river Almo (flumen Almonis)
The arches of the deified Verus Parthicus and deified Trajan and Drusus (arcum divi Veri Partici et divi Traiani et Drusi)
10 streets (vici); 10 shrines (aediculae); 48 vicomagisters (vicomagistri); 2 curators (curatores); 3,250 blocks of flats (insulae); 120 houses (domos); 16 grain warehouses (horrea); 86 bath-houses (balinea); 81/87 cisterns (lacos); 20 bakeries/mills (pistrina); circumference 12,211 paces (pedes)

Event Date: 315 LA

§ 2  REGION 2 Caelian Hill (CAELEMONTIVM) contains:
temple of Claudius (templum Claudii)
The great food-market (macellum magnum)
brothels (lupanarios)
cave of the Cyclops (antrum Cyclopis)
5th cohort of watchmen (cohortem V vigilum)
barracks of soldiers temporarily in Rome (castra peregrina)
the Head of Africa (caput Africae)
the sacred tree (arborem sanctam)
the house of Philip (domum Philippi)
Victilian house (Victiliana)
gladiators' pre-morning warm-up area (ludum matutinum et Gallicum)
place where armour of dead gladiators was removed (spoliarium)
gladiator first-aid station (samiarium)
(armamentiarum)
The Golden Flake [lodge of Nero's Golden House - micam aureum]
7 streets; 7 shrines; 48 vicomagisters; 2 curators; 3,600 blocks of flats; 127 houses; 27 grain warehouses; 85 bath-houses; 65 cisterns; 15 bakeries/mills; circumference 12,200 paces

Event Date: 315 LA

§ 3  REGION 3 Isis and Serapis (ISIS ET SERAPIS) contains:
the mint (monetam)
amphitheatre with 87,000 seats (amphitheatrum qui capit loca LXXXVII)
gladiatorial training grounds (ludum matutinum et Dacicum)
the  House of Bruttus Praesens (AD 180) (domum Brutti Praesentis)
the principal supplier of theatrical goods (summum choragum)
the fountain of the shepherds (lacum pastorum)
schools of quaestors and caplatores (olive-press labourers). (scholam quaestorum et caplatorum)
Titian and Trajanic hot bathhouses (thermas Titianas et Traianas)
Portico of Livia  (porticum Liviae)
barracks of sailors from Misenum (castra Misenatium)
12 streets; 12 shrines; 48 vicomagisters; 2 curators; 2,757 blocks of flats; 60/160 houses; 17 grain warehouses; 80 bath houses; 65 cisterns; 16 bakeries/mills; circumference 12,350 paces

Event Date: 315 LA

§ 4  REGION 4 Temple of Peace (TEMPLVM PACIS) contains:
Apsidal gate (containing spoils of Jerusalem - porticum absidatum)
The park of Vulcan (aream Vulcani)
The golden trumpet (aureum bucinum)
Statue of Apollo in the Sandalarian vicus (Apollinem sandaliarum)
The temple of Tellus (templum Telluris)
Chartarian grain warehouse (horrea chartaria)
Possibly a gate with two altars  (tigillum sororum)
The colossal statue, 102 feet high.  On its head are 7 rays each 22 feet long. (colossum)
The sweating cone (metam sudantem)
The temple of Rome and Venus (templum Romae et Veneris)
The temple of Jupiter Statoris (aedem Iovis statoris)
The sacred way (viam sacram)
The new/Constantinian basilica (basilicam Constantinianam)
The temple of Faustina (templum Faustinae)
The basilica of Paulus (basilicam Pauli)
The market of passers-through (forum transitorum)
The Subura
The bath-house of Daphnis (balineum Dafnidis)
8 streets; 8 shrines; 48 vicomagisters; 2 curators; 2,757 blocks of flats; 88 houses; 18 grain warehouses; 65/75 bath houses; 71/78 cisterns; 15 bakeries/mills; circumference 13,000 paces

Event Date: 315 LA

§ 5  REGION 5 Esquiline Hill (ESQVILIAE) contains:
The fountain of Orpheus (lacum Orphei)
The Livian food-market (macellum Liviani)
The nymphaeum of the deified Alexander (nympheum divi Alexandri)
2nd cohort of watchmen (cohortem II vigilum)
The temple of Hercules Sulla (Herculem Syllanum)
The Palatine gardens (hortos Pallantianos)
Military theatre (amphitheatrum castrensem)
(campum Viminalem subager)
The temple of Minerva the healer (Minervam medicam)
The temple of patrician Isis (Isidem patriciam)
15 streets; 15 shrines; 48 vicomagisters; 2 curators; 3,750 blocks of flats; 180 houses; 22 grain warehouses; 75 bath houses; 74 cisterns; 15 bakeries/mills; circumference 15,600 paces (pedes XV.DC)

Event Date: 315 LA

§ 6  REGION 6 The High Road (ALTA SEMITA) contains:
The temple of Safety and Serapis (templum Salutis et Serapis)
The temple of Flora (templum Florae)
The ancient Capitol (Capitolium antiquum)
The statue of Mamurus (statuam Mamuri)
The temple of the god Quirinus (templum dei Quirini)
The wicked Carthaginian (malum punicum)
The Salustian gardens (hortos Salustianos)
The temple of the Flavian gens (gentem Flabiam)
The Baths of Diocletian and Baths of Constantine (thermas Diocletianas et Constantinianas)
3rd cohort of watchmen / The praetorian barracks (castra praetoria)
The Ten Taverns (X tabernas)
The white hens (gallinas albas)
The white park (aream Candidi)
3rd cohort of watchmen (cohortem III vigilum)
17 streets; 17 shrines; 48 vicomagisters; 2 curators; 3,403 blocks of flats; 146 houses; 18 grain warehouses; 75 bath houses; 73 cisterns; 16 bakeries/mills; circumference 15,700 paces (pedes XV.DCC)

Event Date: 315 LA

§ 7  REGION 7 Via Lata (VIA LATA) contains:
The fountain of Ganymede (lacum Ganymedis)
1st cohort of watchmen (cohortem I vigilum)
The new arch (arcum novum)
The nymphaeum of Jupiter (nympheum Iovis)
The Caprarian shrine (aediculam caprariam)
Park of Agrippa (campum Agrippae)
The temple of the Sun, and barracks for the urban cohort (templum Solis et castra)
The Gypsian and Constantinian portico (porticum Gypsiani et Constantini)
The temple of the two new Hopes and Fortunes (templum duo nova Spei et Fortunae)
The horse of Tiridates, king of Armenia (equum Tiridatis regis Armeniorum)
Swine market (forum suarium)
The Largian gardens (hortos Largianos)
Tame animals (mansuetas)
The perforated stone (lapidem pertusum)
15 streets; 15 shrines; 48 vicomagisters; 2 curators; 3,805 blocks of flats; 120 houses; 25 grain warehouses; 75 bath houses; 76 cisterns; 15 bakeries/mills; circumference 13,300 paces

Event Date: 315 LA

§ 8  REGION 8 Roman Forum or Great Forum (FORVM ROMANVM VEL MAGNVM)
(rostra III)
A golden statue of the Genius of the Roman people. (Genium populi Romani)
The golden equestrian statue of Constantine (aureum et equum Constantini)
Senate (senatum)
courtyard of Minerva ['Chalcidicum' of Augustus] (atrium Minervae)
Forum of Augustus, forum of Nerva and forum of Trajan Caesar (forum Caesaris Augusti Nervae Traiani)
Temple of Trajan, and the spiral pillar 127 paces high, it has 180 steps inside, 45 windows. (templum Traiani et columnam coclidem)
6th cohort of watchmen (cohortem VI vigilum)
The basilica of the bankers' exchange (basilicam argentariam)
The temple of Concord (templum Concordiae)
The navel of Rome (umbilicum Romae)
The temples of Saturn, and Vespasian and Titus (templum Saturni et Vespasiani et Titi)
The Capitol (Capitolium)
The golden milestone (miliarium aureum)
The basilica Julia (basilicam Iuliam)
The temple of Castor[and Minerva] (templum Castorem)
The temple of Vesta (Vestam)
The Agrippian and Germanician grain warehouses (horrea Germaniciana et Agrippiana)
(aquam cernentem IIII scaros sub aede)
Courtyard of Cacus (atrium Caci)
(vicum iugarium et unguentarium)
(Graecostadium)
The pearl portico (porticum margaritarium)
The elephant herbarium (elefantum herbarium)
34 streets; 34 shrines; 48 vicomagisters; 2 curators; 3,480 blocks of flats; 130 houses; 18 grain warehouses; 86/85 bath houses; 120 cisterns; 20 bakeries/mills; circumference 14,067 paces

Event Date: 315 LA

§ 9  REGION 9 Flaminian Circus (CIRCVS FLAMINIVS) contains:
The stables, 4 in number, of the 6/8 factions (stabula numero IIII factionum VIII)
Temple (aedes)
The portico of Philip (porticum Philippi)
Two old Minucian porticos holding foodstuffs (after M. Minucius 110 BC). (Minucias duas veterem et frumentarium)
Covered porch of Balbus (cryptam Balbi)
3 theatres, firstly that of Balbus which holds 11,510 places (theatra III inprimis Balbi qui capet loca XI. DX)
that of Pompey holds 17,580 places (Pompei capet loca XVII. DLXXX)
that of Marcellus holds 20,500 places (Marcelli capet loca XX. D)
The Odeum holds 11,600 places (odium capet loca XI. DC)
The Stadium holds 30,088 places (stadium capet loca XXX. LXXXVIII)
The campus Martius (campum Martium)
[where the 'trigae' exercised for chariot-racing] (trigarium)
[Probably a large square where wines were disembarked] (ciconias nixas)
The Pantheon (pantheum)
The Basilica of Neptune, Matidies and Marcian (basilicam Matidies et Marciani)
The temple of the deified Antoninus and ?? column 175 paces high, it has 203 steps inside and 56 windows (templum divi Antonini et columnam coclidem altam pedes CLXXV s. gradus intus habet CCIII fenestras LVI)
The Hadrianeum
The Alexandrian and Agrippian hot baths (thermas Alexandrianas et Agrippianas)
Portico of the Argonauts and Meleager (porticum argonautarum et Meleagri)
The temple of Isis and Serapis (Iseum et Serapeum)
The temple of Minerva Calcidica
The temple of the gods (Divorum)
The Insula Felicles (insulam Felicles)
35 streets; 35 shrines; 48 vicomagisters; 2 curators; 2,777 blocks of flats; 140 houses; 25 grain warehouses; 63 bath houses; 120 cisterns; 20 bakeries/mills; circumference 32,500 paces (pedes XXXII.D)

Event Date: 315 LA

§ 10  REGION 10 Palatium (PALATIVM) contains:
The house of Romulus (casam Romuli)
The temple of the Mother of the Gods and Apollo Ramnusis (aedem Matris deum et Apollinis Ramnusi)
5-arched entrance (pentapylum)
The house of Augustus and Tiberius (domum Augustinianam et Tiberianam)
The augur-station (auguratorium)
The Palatine area (aream Palatinam)
The temple of Jupiter Victor (aedem Iovis victoris)
The house of Dion (domus Dionis)
The old senate-house (curiam veterem)
A statue of fortune (Fortunam respicientem)
The Septizonium of the deified Severus (septizonium divi Severi)
The temple of German Victory (Victoriam Germanianam)
The wolf-cave (lupercam)
20 streets; 20 shrines; 48 vicomagisters; 2 curators; 2,742/2,642 blocks of flats; 89 houses; 48 grain warehouses; 44 bath houses; 90/89 cisterns; 20 bakeries/mills; circumference 11,510 paces (pedes XI.DX)

Event Date: 315 LA

§ 11  REGION 11 Circus Maximus (CIRCVS MAXIMVS)
which holds 485,000 places (qui capit loca CCCCLXXXV) contains:
The temple of the Sun and the Moon (templum Solis et Lunae)
The temple of the Mother of the Gods and Jupiter arboratoris (aedem Matris deum et Iovis arboratoris)
The temple of Ceres
The 12 gates (duodecim portas)
The temple of Mercury (templum Mercurii)
The temple of Dis Pater (aedem Ditis patris)
The temple of Ceres (Cererem)
Trigemina gate (portam trigeminam)
The temple of Apollo Heavengazer (Apollinem caelispicem)
The temple of Hercules of the olive-oil traders (Herculem olivarium)
The Velabrum district, [industry and trading centre] (Velabrum)
The temple of Fortune (Fortunium)
The Arch of the deified Constantine (Arcum divi Constantini)
21 streets; 21 shrines; 48 vicomagisters; 2 curators; 2,600 blocks of flats; 88/89 houses; 16 grain warehouses; 15 bath houses; 20 cisterns; 16 bakeries/mills; circumference 11,500 paces (pedes XI.D)

Event Date: 315 LA

§ 12  REGION 12 Public Pond (PISCINA PVBLICA) contains:
Radicarian park (aream radicarium)
The new road (viam novam)
Big-Breasted Fortune (Fortunam mammosam)
A statue of Isis by Athenodorus (Isidem Athenodoriam)
The temple of the Good goddess at the cliff-foot (aedem Bonae deae subsaxaneae)
A road (clivium delfini)
The Antonine hot baths (thermas Antoninianas)
Seven houses of the Parthians (septem domos Parthorum)
Field of the cattle-merchants (campum lanatarium)
The house of L. Fabius Cilo, consul in 204 AD (domum Cilonis)
4th cohort of watchmen (cohortem IIII vigilum)
The house of Annia Conficia Faustina, sister of Marcus Aurelius (domum Cornificiae)
Hadrian's private house (privata Adriani)
17 streets; 17 shrines; 48 vicomagisters; 2 curators; 2,487 blocks of flats; 113 houses; 27 grain warehouses; 63 bath houses; 80/81 cisterns; 25 bakeries/mills; circumference 12,000 paces

Event Date: 315 LA

§ 13  REGION 13 The Aventine (AVENTINVS) contains:
Public square at the top of the hill where the purification of arms was celebrated (armilustrium)
The temple of Diana and Minerva (templum Dianae et Minervae)
Three nymphaea (nymfea tria)
The Licinius Sura and Decian hot bath houses (thermas Surae et Decianas)
The temple of Jupiter Dolichenus (Dolocenum)
Private house of Trajan when he was adopted by Nerva (privata Traiani)
The golden map (Mappam Auream)
Plane-tree grove (platanonis)
The grain warehouse of Galba and the Anicii (horrea Galbae et Aniciana)
The Fabarian portico (vegetable-market) (porticum fabarium)
The ladders of Cassius (scalas Cassi)
The marketplace of the millers (forum pistorium)
18 streets; 18/17 shrines; 48 vicomagisters; 2 curators; 2,487 blocks of flats; 130 houses; 35 grain warehouses; 44/60 bath houses; 89 cisterns; 20 bakeries/mills; circumference 18,000 paces

Event Date: 315 LA

§ 14  REGION 14 Trans-Tiber (TRANSTIBERIM) contains:
The Gaianum [field for horse-racing created by Caligula] and the Phrygianum [temple of the Phrygian Goddess] (Gaianum et Frigianum)
The 5 (or 2) Vatican and Augustean sea-battle sites (Vaticanum/naumachias V)
The gardens of Domitius (hortos Domities)
Janiculum
The bath house of Ampelis, Priscus and Diana (balineum Ampelidis Prisci et Dianae)
mills?? (molinas)
Janiculum (Ianiculum)
The Valerian statue (statuam Valerianum)
7th cohort of watchmen (cohortem VII vigilum)
The head of the Gorgon (caput Gorgonis)
Hercules sleeping under the centre of the earth, under whom much gold has been put. (Herculem cubantem)
[Temple of] Fors Fortuna (goddess of accidental fortune). (Fortis Fortunae)
College of the Septimian leather-workers (corariam Septimianam)
The Bruttian and Codetanum fields (campum Bruttianum et Codetanum)
Gardens of Geta (son of Septimus Severus) (hortos Getes)
Barracks of the state litter-bearers (castra lecticariorum)
78 streets; 78 shrines; 48 vicomagisters; 2 curators; 4,405 blocks of flats; 150 houses; 22 grain warehouses; 86 bath houses; 180 cisterns; 24 bakeries/mills; circumference 33,388 paces

Event Date: 315 LA

§ A1.1  Appendix 1 with totals:
28 Libraries (bibliothecae)
6 Obelisks (obolisci)
2 (or 1) in the Circus Maximus (the smaller) 87/88 paces high, the bigger 122 paces high (in circo maximo unus altus pedes LXXXVIII s.)
1 in the Vatican, 72/75 paces high (in Vaticano unus altus pedes LXXV)
1 in the Campus Martius, 72 paces high (in campo Martio unus altus pedes LXXII s.)
1 (or 2) in the Mausoleum of Augustus, one 42 paces high (in mausuleo Augusti duo alta singuli pedum XLII s.)

Event Date: 315 LA

§ A1.2  8 Bridges (pontes)
Aelius
Aemilius
Aurelius
Mulvius
Sublicius
Fabricius
Cestius
Probus
7 Hills (montes)
Caelius
Aventinus
Tarpeius
Palatinus
Esquilinus
Vaticanus 
Ianiculensis
8 FIELDS (campi)
Viminalis
Agrippae
Martius
codetanus
Octavius
pecuarius
Lanatarius et
Bruttianus

Event Date: 315 LA

§ A1.3  11 Marketplaces (fora)
Romanum magnum
Caesaris Augusti
Nervae
Traiani
Ahenobarbi
forum boarium
forum suarium
forum pistorum
 forum Gallorum et
 forum Rusticorum
10 Basilicas (basilicae)
Iulia
Ulpia
Pauli
vestilia
Neptuni
Matidiae
Marcianae
vascellaria
floscellaria
Constantiniana
11 Hot Bath Houses (thermae)
Traianae
Titianae
Agrippianae
Surae
Commodianae
Severianae
Antoninianae
Alexandrianae
Decianae
Diocletianae
Constantinianae
19 Aqueducts (aquae)
Traiana
Annia
Attica
Claudia
Marcia
Herculea
Caerulea
Iulia
Augustea
Appia
alsetina
Ciminia
Aurelia
Damnata
Virgo
Tepula
Severiana
Antoniana
Alexandrina

Event Date: 315 LA

§ A1.4  29 Highways (viae)
- Traiana
- Appia
- Latina
- Lavicana
- Praenestina
- Tiburtina
- Nomentana
- Salaria
- Flamminea
- Aemilia
- Clodia
- Valeria
- Aurelia
- Campana
- Ostiensis
- Portensis
- Ianiculensis
- Laurentina
- Ardeatina
- Setina
- Tiberina
- Quintia
- Cassia
- Gallica
- Cornelia
- triumfalis
- Patinaria
- Asinaria
- Ciminia

Event Date: 315 LA

§ A2  Appendix 2 summary of these:
2 capitols (Capitolia)
2 circuses (circi)
2 amphitheatres (amphitheatra)
2 colossal statues (colossi)
2 ?? columns (columnae coclidae)
2 food markets (macelli)
3 theatres (theatra)
4 schools (ludi)
5 water-battle arenas (naumachiae)
15 nymphea (nymfea)
22 equestrian statues (equi magni)
80 golden gods (dei aurei)
74/78 ivory gods (eburni)
36 marble arches (arci marmorei)
37 gates (portae)
423/424 streets (vici)
423/424 shrines (aedes)
672 vicomagisters; 29/28 curators; 46,602 blocks of flats in the whole city (insulae per totam urbem n.)
1,790 houses; 290 grain warehouses; 856 bath houses; 1,352 cisterns (lacos); 254 bakeries/millers; 46/45 brothels (lupanariae)
144 public toilets which are ?? (latrinae publicae)
10 praetorian cohorts (cohortes praetoriae)
4 urban cohorts (urbanae)
7 cohorts of watchmen (vigilum) of which 14 are guardsmen (quorum excubitoria)
2 communal detachments (uncertain what these were) (vexilla communia)
Two barracks of horse-guards (castra equitum singulariorum)
Soldiers temporarily in Rome (peregrinorum)
Marines of Ravenna (Ravennantium)
Military litter-bearers (lecticariorum)
Military road-engineers (silicariorum)
Marines of Misenum (Misenantium)
Post-office (tabellariorum)
Sacrificial assistants (victimariorum)
2,300 olive tables throughout the whole city (mense oleariae per totam urbem n.)

Event Date: 315 LA
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