He built the Basilica Pauli
(Appianus, _Civil Wars_, ii. 26). Basilica is a Greek word ([Greek:
basilike] ); a basilica was used as a court of law, and a place of
business for merchants. The form of a Roman basilica is known from the
description of Vitruvius (v. 1), the ground-plan of two Basilicae at
Rome, and that of Pompeii which is in better preservation. Some of the
great Roman churches are called Basilicae, and in their construction
bear some resemblance to the antient Basilicae. ('Penny Cyclopaedia,'
_Basilica_.)]
[Footnote 338: C. Scribonius Curio. Compare the Life of M. Antonius,
c. 2. He was a man of ability, but extravagant in his habits (Dion
Cassius, 40. c. 60):--
"Momentumque fuit mutatus Curio rerum,
Gallorum captus spoliis et Caesaris auro."--
Lucanus, _Pharsalia_, iv. 819
As to the vote on the proposition of Curio, Appianus (_Civil Wars_,
ii. 30) agrees with Plutarch. Dion Cassius (40. c. 64: and 41. c. 2)
gives a different account of this transaction.]
[Footnote 339: C. Claudius Marcellus and L. Cornelius Lentulus Crus
were consuls for the year B.C. 49, in which the war broke out, This
Marcellus was the cousin of the consul Marcellus of the year B.C. 50,
who (Appianus, _Civil Wars_, ii. 30) presented Pompeius with a sword
when he commissioned him to fight against Caesar. Plutarch appears (c.
58, 59) to mean the same Marcellus; but he has confounded them.
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