place
Campus Martius
the Campus Martius
The 'Field of Mars' on Rome's edge, site of cremations and imperial funerals; Mercury drags Claudius across it on the way down to Hades.
Reading notes
- The Pumpkinification of the Divine Claudius §13 Campus Martius
The Field of Mars outside Rome, site of imperial cremations; the route of Claudius's descent to the underworld.