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The auguraculum (pl.: auguracula) was a roofless temple oriented to the cardinal points, in which the priests of ancient Rome practiced augury and ornithomancy. [1] The priest observer was positioned at the center of the temple, in a tent or a hut, and watched portions of the sky from which came the birds, which were marked out by stones placed along the perimeter of the temple.
On the Arx was located the auguraculum, the open space where the augurs conducted the rituals that determined whether the gods approved of whatever undertaking was at hand, public business or military action. This auguraculum was the stone where the elected monarch, during the Roman Kingdom, was seated by the augurs with his face to the south. [4]
A monumental façade adorned the forum, a high stone wall with large columns imitating the stage fronts of a theatre, covered in marble, topped with sculptures, and in the central opening a poetic inscription, a Carmen Epigraphicum (based on Virgil's Aeneid) that commemorated the renovation of the forum at the end of the 3rd century. [11]
Located at the center of the city of Rome, it was next to the place where Roman coins were first minted, and probably stored the metal and coins involved in this process, thereby initiating the ancient practice of associating mints with temples. [3] In addition, it was the place where the books of the magistrates were deposited.
Gismondi's scale model of the Capitoline Hill under Constantine, Museum of Roman Civilization Schematic map of Rome showing the Seven Hills and the Servian Wall. The Capitolium or Capitoline Hill (/ ˈ k æ p ɪ t ə l aɪ n, k ə ˈ p ɪ t-/ KAP-it-ə-lyne, kə-PIT-; [1] Italian: Campidoglio [kampiˈdɔʎʎo]; Latin: Mons Capitolinus [ˈmõːs kapɪtoːˈliːnʊs]), between the Forum and the ...
Podium wall in the basement of the Musei Capitolini. Today, portions of the temple podium and foundations can be seen behind the Palazzo dei Conservatori, in an exhibition area built in the Caffarelli Garden, and within the Musei Capitolini. [36] A part of the eastern corner is also visible in the via del Tempio di Giove. [37]
On the arx was located the observation place of the augurs (the auguraculum), to which the monthly procession of the sacra Idulia was directed. [1] On the southern peak was the most ancient sanctuary of the god, traditionally said to have been built by Romulus: this was the Temple of Jupiter Feretrius, which was restored by Augustus.
But the gate was already known to Muslims, as it was mentioned by the Mufti of Jerusalem, Muhammad al-Taflati al-Maghribi (d. 1777 CE): "It is the lower door, which is blocked by filling up soil and stones near the door of the Maghribeh Mosque." [4] [5] which is at the south end of the Western Wall. The inside of the gate, which served as an ...