place
Lacus Servilius
Servilian lake
also: Servilian lake
A basin in the Roman Forum where, during Sulla's proscriptions, the severed heads of the proscribed were displayed — Seneca calls it the "stripping-place" (spoliarium) of the slaughter.
Reading notes
- On Providence §3.7 Servilian lake
A basin in the Roman Forum where the severed heads of Sulla's proscribed victims were displayed; Seneca calls it the spoliarium — the place where slain gladiators were stripped — of the proscription.