place
Via Sacra
the Sacred Way
also: Via Sacra
The main processional street through the Roman Forum, a fashionable place to stroll; the setting where the Bore accosts Horace.
Reading notes
- The Epodes §4 the Sacred Way
The main processional street through the Roman Forum, where the upstart parades in his oversized toga.
- The Satires §1.9 the Sacred Way
The Via Sacra, the chief street through the Roman Forum and a fashionable promenade — the scene of Horace's ordeal with the Bore.