SourceĀ
LTUR II Fig.153
Timeline
- 495 BCE: According to legend, Pollux and Castor stop to water their horses here
- c. 117 BCE: A basin is constructed for the Lacus
- Augustan era: A platform around the sides of the Lacus is added
Physical evidence
- Surrounded by a square base, and later by a platform as well.
Literary sources
- Coriol. 3.5
- Dion. Hal. 6.13
- Flor. epit. 1.28.15
- Front. aq. 4
- Lact. inst. 2.7
- Min. Fel. 7.3
- Ov. fast. 1.708
- Plut. Aem. Paul. 25.2
- Stat. silv. 4.5.35
- Symm. epist. 1.95
- Val. Max. 1.8.1