VII.4.1 Pompeii. July 2017.
Looking south to blocked doorway in north exterior side wall
on Via della Fortuna.
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VII.4.1 Pompeii. July 2017. Looking south over
wall in Via della Fortuna.
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VII.4.1 Pompeii. March 2019. Looking towards
north boundary wall, on south side of Via della Fortuna.
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VII.4.1 Pompeii. March 2019. Looking west
towards north boundary wall on Via della Fortuna.
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VII.4.1 Pompeii. March 2019. Looking west along
north boundary wall on Via della Fortuna.
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VII.4.1 Pompeii. March 2019. Detail of north
boundary wall on Via della Fortuna.
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VII.4.1 Pompeii. July 2017. Marble
cornice from north wall on Via della Fortuna.
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VII.4.1 Pompeii. March 2009. North wall on Via della Fortuna. Looking east.
VII.4.1 Pompeii. March 2009. Marble cornice on north wall above pavement on Via della Fortuna. Looking west.
According to Niccolini in 1854, the pavement was unique in that it came from the ancient works of crushed and well-polished gravel
See Niccolini F,
1854. Le case ed i monumenti di Pompei:
Volume Primo. Napoli, Tempio della Fortuna, Tav. I, n. 13, p. 4.
VII.4.1 Pompeii. July 2017. Detail of pavement
on north side of Temple in Via della Fortuna.
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VII.4.1 Pompeii. March 2019. Looking east along
north boundary wall on Via della Fortuna.
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VII.4.1 Pompeii. March 2019. Looking east along
north boundary wall on Via della Fortuna.
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VII.4.1/2, Pompeii. May 2018. Looking east along marble cornice on south side of Temple. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
According to Niccolini in 1854, it was believed at first, in the beginning of the excavation, that these various rooms (7, 8, 9, 10 on plan) belonged to the contiguous house called Bacchus, n. 12, but the fact that no communication was found between these rooms and the adjoining house promptly proved this supposition erroneous. On the other hand, it seems to us that now it is to be held firmly that these various localities were instead aggregated to the temple, for the use of the ministers of the temple itself and for their sacred functions, because there is nothing there that suggests that they could be used for domestic purposes.
See Niccolini F, 1854. Le case ed i monumenti di Pompei: Volume Primo. Napoli, Tempio della Fortuna, Tav. I, nn. 7, 8, 9, 10, p. 4.
VII.4.1 Pompeii. March 2019. Looking east along
south boundary wall, shared with VII.4.2, on right.
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VII.4.1 Pompeii. March 2019. Looking north-east
to boundary wall on south side of Temple.
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VII.4.1 Pompeii. March 2019. Looking north to
boundary wall on south side.
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VII.4.1 Pompeii. July 2017. Looking
north to west end of boundary wall on south side.
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Alison Cooley lists the following dedications
VII.4.1 Pompeii. Dedicatory inscription to Agathermus, Suavis, Pothus and Anteros, first ministry of Fortuna Augusta.
Agathermus,
slave of Vettius; Suavis, slave of Caesia Prima; Pothus, slave of Numitor;
Anteros, slave of Lacutulanus, the first attendants {ministri} of Augustan Fortune, by
command of Marcus Staius Rufus and Gnaeus Melissaeus, duumvirs with judicial
power, in the consulship of Publius Silius and Lucius Volusius Saturninus.
(CIL
X 824 = ILS 6382)
This is
the earliest statue base set up by attendants (ministri) of the cult, in AD 3, and was
found in the temple.
See Cooley, A. and M.G.L., 2014. Pompeii and Herculaneum: A Sourcebook. London: Routledge, p. 135, E47.
According to Epigraphik-Datenbank Clauss/Slaby (See www.manfredclauss.de) this read
Agathemerus Vetti
Suavis Caesiae
Prim(a)e
Pothus Numitori
Anteros Lacutulani
minist(ri) prim(ae)
Fortun(ae) Aug(ustae) iuss(u)
M(arci) Stai
Rufi Cn(aei) Melissaei
d(uum)v(irorum) i(ure) d(icundo)
P(ublio) Silio
L(ucio) Volusio Saturn(ino)
co(n)s(ulibus) [CIL X
824]
Now in Naples
Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 3768.
VII.4.1 Pompeii. Dedicatory inscription to Taurus Statilius and Tiberius Plautius Aelianus, Lucius Statius Faustus, ministry of Fortuna Augusta.
During
the consulship of Taurus Statilius and Tiberius Plautius Aelianus, Lucius
Statius Faustus, instead of the statue which in accordance with the law of the
attendants {ministri}
of Augustan Fortune he was required to set up, on the proposal of Quintus
Pompeius Amethystus, quaestor, they decreed that he should set up two marble
bases instead of a statue.
(CIL
X 825 = ILS 6385) This inscribed base, also found
in the temple, does not conform to the pattern of the others, but refers to a
‘law’, the regulations laid down for the cult when it was first established. It
is rather poorly inscribed, with several errors in its carving: in the consular
date, for instance, the text gives ‘Platilio’ instead of ‘Plautio’. On the
upper surface of the base is a hollow in the shape of a foot, indicating that
it originally bore a metal statue.
See Cooley, A. and M.G.L., 2014. Pompeii and Herculaneum: A Sourcebook. London: Routledge, p. 135, E48.
According to Epigraphik-Datenbank Clauss/Slaby (See www.manfredclauss.de) this read
Tauro Statilio
Ti(berio) Platilio(!)
Aelian(o) co(n)s(ulibus)
L(ucius) Statius
Faustus pro
signo quod
e lege Fortunae
Augustae minist(r)orum
ponere
debebat referente
Q(uinto) Pompeio Amethysto
quaestore basis(!)
duas marmorias decrever[u]nt
pro signo
poniret (!) [CIL X 825]
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 3769.
In
the consulship of [[name erased]] and Lucius Apronius, Marcus Alleius Ferox and
Aulus Rustius Crustuminus, attendants {ministri}
of Augustan Fortune, by command of Marcus Messius Balbus and Quintus Lollius
Ponticus, duumvirs with judicial power, and of Publius Vedius Siricus and
Lucius Habonius Iugus, duumvirs for the supervision of roads, sacred and public
buildings. (AE (2008) 330)
This
plaque of cipollino marble was found in the building-site dump at the Temple of
Venus. The name of Emperor Caligula has been erased in the opening dating
formula.
See Cooley, A. and M.G.L., 2014. Pompeii and Herculaneum: A Sourcebook. London: Routledge, p. 136, E49.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number s. n.
VII.4.1 Pompeii.
Dedicatory inscription to Lucius Numisius Primus, Lucius Numisius Optatus, Lucius Melissaeus Plocamus, ministry of Fortuna Augusta.
According to Epigraphik-Datenbank Clauss/Slaby (See www.manfredclauss.de) this read
Lucius
Numisius Primus, Lucius Numisius Optatus, Lucius Melissaeus Plocamus, attendants
of Augustan Fortune; in accordance with a decree of the town councillors, by
command of Lucius Iulius Ponticus and Publius Gavius Pastor, duumvirs with
judicial power, and of Quintus Poppaeus and Gaius Vibius, aediles, in the
consulship of Quintus Futius and Publius Calvisius. (CIL X 827 = ILS 6384)
See Cooley, A. and M.G.L., 2014. Pompeii and Herculaneum: A Sourcebook. London: Routledge, p. 136, E50.
According to Epigraphik-Datenbank Clauss/Slaby (See www.manfredclauss.de) this read
L(ucius) Numisius
Primus
L(ucius) Numisius
Optatus
L(ucius)
Melissaeus
Plocamus
ministr(i)
Fortun(ae) Aug(ustae)
ex d(ecreto)
d(ecurionum) iussu
L(uci) Iuli
Pontici P(ubli) Gavi Pastoris
d(uum)v(irorum)
i(ure) d(icundo)
Q(uinti) Poppaei
C(ai) Vibi aedil(ium)
Q(uinto) Futio P(ublio) Calvisio co(n)s(ulibus) [CIL X 827]
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 3771.
VII.4.1 Pompeii. Dedicatory inscription
to Martialis, Manius Salarius Crocus and Primigenius, ministry of Fortuna
Augusta.
According
to Cooley, this translates as: Martialis, slave of Gaius Olius Primus; Manius
Salarius Crocus; Primigenius, slave of Gaius Olius Primus, attendants of
Augustan Fortune; by command of Quintus Postumius Modestus and Gaius Vibius
Secundus, duumvirs with judicial power, and of Gaius Memmius Iunianus and
Quintus Bruttius Balbus, aediles, in the consulship of [Lucius D]uvius and
Publius Clodius. (CIL
X 826 = ILS 6383)
See Cooley, A. and M.G.L., 2014. Pompeii and Herculaneum: A Sourcebook. London: Routledge, p. 136, E51.
According to Epigraphik-Datenbank Clauss/Slaby (See www.manfredclauss.de) this read
Martialis C(ai)
Oli Primi
M(anius) Salarius
Crocus
Primigenius C(ai)
Oli Primi
min(istri)
Fortunae Aug(ustae)
iussu
Q(uinti) Postumi
Modesti C(ai) Vibi Secundi
d(uum)v(irorum)
i(ure) d(icundo)
C(ai) Memmi
Iuniani Q(uinti) Brutti Balbi aedil(ium)
[L(ucio) D]uvio
P(ublio) Clodio co(n)s(ulibus) [CIL X 826]
Now in Naples
Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 3770.