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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GinoLR, post: 8175457, member: 128351&quot;][ATTACH=full]1428641[/ATTACH] </p><p>Volusian, antoninianus with Virtus.</p><p><br /></p><p>The temple of Honos and Virtus was dedicated by Marcellus after the 2nd Punic War, at the Porta Capena. It was ornamented with statues and pictures looted from Syracuse. &quot;<i>Marcellus, after the capture of Syracuse, (...) removed to Rome the ornaments of the city, the statues and pictures in which Syracuse abounded; they were, it is true, spoils taken from the enemy and acquired by the laws of war, but that was the beginning of our admiration for Greek works of art, which has led to the present reckless spoliation of every kind of treasure, sacred and profane alike. This has at last recoiled upon the gods of Rome, upon that temple especially which Marcellus so splendidly adorned. <u>For the shrines near the Capena Gate, which Marcellus dedicated, used to be visited by strangers on account of the very beautiful specimens of that class of ornament</u>; but very few are to be seen today.</i>&quot; (Livy XXV, 40.1)</p><p><br /></p><p>A temple visited by strangers for the Greek masterpieces that were displayed inside... Marcellus had just invented the first museum in Italy ![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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