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LNS

Aequimaelium, Aequimaeliī

(Aequimēlium, Aequimēliī)

Aequimaelium, Aequimelium

noun (n., 2^nd declension)

the open space in Rome below the Capitol, not far from the, where had stood the house of the turbulent tribune of the people
Sp. Maelius, who was slain by Ahala during the dictatorship of Cincinnatus, Via di Marforio

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Aequimaelium (better than Aequimēl-), i, n., the open space in Rome below the Capitol, not far from the Carcer, where had stood the house of the turbulent tribune of the people, Sp. Maelius, who was slain by Ahala during the dictatorship of Cincinnatus, now in the Via di Marforio: Aequimaelium, quod aequata Maeli (Meli) domus publico, quod regnum occupare voluit is, Varr. L. L. 5, § 157 Mull.; so Liv. 4, 16, 1; 38, 28, 3. In Cicero's time a lamb-market seems to have been there, Cic. Div 2, 17, 39. Cf. on this locality, Nieb. Rom. Gesch. 2, 474; Amm. 28; and Becker's Antiq. 1, p. 485 sq.