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Caput Africae' (literally "the head of Africa")' is most likely the name of an ancient Roman institution (paedagogium) used for training imperial pages. [1] It is mentioned in the Regionary catalogues as belonging to Regio II as well as on several inscriptions.[2] It is possible that some now-lost monument in the vicinity gave the institution its unusual name. Located on the Caelian Hill, the Caput Africae lent its name to the vicus Capitis Africae which ran from the south-eastern end of the Colosseum to the Macellum Magnum, near the church of S. Stefano Rotondo. This meant it would have passed along the east side of the Claudianium. [3][4]
Sources
[edit]- Carlo Pavolini. 1987. "Lo scavo di piazza Celimontana. Un'indagine nel Caput Africae." In "L'Urbs: espace urbain et histoire (Ier siècle av. J.-C. - IIIe siècle ap. J.-C.). Actes du colloque international de Rome (8-12 mai 1985) pp. 653-685. Publications de l'École française de Rome.
References
[edit]- ^ L. Richardson, jr (1 October 1992). A New Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome. JHU Press. pp. 70–. ISBN 978-0-8018-4300-6.
- ^ CIL 5.1039; 6.1052; 6.8982-8987
- ^ Carlo Pavolini; Italia. Soprintendenza archeologica di Roma (1993). Caput Africae: Indagini archeologiche a Piazza Celimontana (1984-1988). Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato. Libreria dello Stato. ISBN 978-88-240-0398-8.
- ^ Caput Africae: La storia, lo scavo, l'ambiente. Istituto poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato, Libreria dello Stato. 1993.