Septizonium

Septizōnĭum (Septemzōdĭum), ii, n. [septem-zona].

• A large building in Rome in the twelfth region, prob. seven stories in height, Suet. Tit. 2 init.—
• II A monument of the emperor Septimius Severus, in the tenth region, Spart. Sev. 19; 35.—
• III A building of M. Aurelius Antoninus, Amm.15, 7, 3 (others consider II. and III. to have been the same building).—
• IV The seven planets, Commod. 7 and 19.

Septizōnium, iī, n. (septem u. zona), ein hohes Gebäude in Rom von uns unbekannter Bauart und Bestimmung, Suet. Tit. 1: ein anderes vom Kaiser Severus erbaut, Spart. Sev. 19, 5 u. 24, 3. Spart. Anton. Get. 7, 2: Septemzōdium gen., Amm. 15, 7, 3. Vgl. Jordan-Hülsen Topographie Roms 1, 3. S. 100 ff. und Nachtr. XX u. W. Schmitz in Wölfflins Archiv 7, 272.

Septizōnium, (16) ĭī, n. (septem, zona), septizone [monument construit à Rome par Titus, et sur lequel nous sommes peu documentés] : Suet. Tit. 1 || autre monument élevé par Septime Sévère près du Grand Cirque : Spart. Sev. 19, 5 ; 24, 3.

Septizonium

A particular kind of edifice, of great magnificence, consisting of seven stories of columns, one above the other, supporting seven distinct entablatures or zones, from which it received the name. Two such structures are specially recorded in the city of Rome—one in the Twelfth Region, which existed before the time of the emperor Titus (Suet. Tit. 2; Ammian.xv. 6, 3); and the other in the Tenth Region, under the Palatine Hill, and near the Circus Maximus, which was built by Septimius Severus (Spart. Sev. 19). Three stories of this last structure remained standing during the pontificate of Sixtus V., but were taken down by him for the purpose of employing the columns in building the Vatican. See Middleton, Remains of Ancient Rome, i. 218; 219 (note).