incendit
SENATUS POPULUSQUE ROMANUS INCENDIO CONSUMPTUM RESTITUIT
(The Senate and People of Rome have restored what fire consumed)
The inscription commemorating the rebuilding in 283 AD of the Temple of Saturn, Forum Romanum. That it burnt down is not perhaps unconnected with the fact that the cult statue of the god was made of wood and filled with oil, whilst its legs were covered with bands of wool - making it effectively a giant torch waiting to be lit...
Views from the Tabularium over the Forum Romanum.
incendit
SENATUS POPULUSQUE ROMANUS INCENDIO CONSUMPTUM RESTITUIT
(The Senate and People of Rome have restored what fire consumed)
The inscription commemorating the rebuilding in 283 AD of the Temple of Saturn, Forum Romanum. That it burnt down is not perhaps unconnected with the fact that the cult statue of the god was made of wood and filled with oil, whilst its legs were covered with bands of wool - making it effectively a giant torch waiting to be lit...
Views from the Tabularium over the Forum Romanum.