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CHAP. V. The porch or gallerie of Mercurie: the Theatre of Octavius: his house, cloister, and gallerie: and the temple of Venus Victresse.
BEtweene the Cirque Flaminius and the Tyber, in the very entrie of the church of S. Angell in Piscina, there is a porch or gallerie, consecrated sometime to Mercurie, or as some would have it, to Iuno. This being consumed with fire, L. Septimius Severus reedified. But the porch which standeth in the Iewes street called Ceura, they say was builded by the emperor Severus.
Betweene the gallerie of Marcellus and the mount reared by Hadrian, Pompey was the first that built a Theatre to continue. For all others before were taken down when the games and shews were once done and past: and when need required, new were set up. A great part of this Theatre when Pompey had finished, comes Caligula and made an end of the rest. Afterward, Theodorick king of the Ostragoths reedified it. This also received eightie thousand men.
Neere unto this Theatrum there was a court or stately hall called Atrium, the same which at this day they name Satrium; also the house of Pompey, and a porch before it. These edifices of Pompey, at what time as Philip exhibited the stage-plaies, were consumed with fire. Neere to the same Theatre, the emperour Claudius of famous memorie, reared an arch of marble for memoriall of Tiberius Caesar.
In the foresaid Theatre (men say) was the temple of Venus the Victresse.