th a silver disk, a
Victory waving a palm-leaf, and a crown of forty leaves; and in the
other had fastened a silver rod and other emblems.

The hangings and tinsel not only disfigured the interior of temples,
but were a source of danger from their combustibility. When we hear of
fires destroying the Pantheon in A. D. 110, the Temple of Apollo in
363, that of Venus and Rome in 307, and that of Peace in 191, we may
assume that they were started and fed by the inflammable materials
with which the interiors were filled. There is no other explanation to
be given, inasmuch as the structures were fire-proof, with the
exception of the roof. As for the disfiguration of sacred buildings
with all sorts of hangings, it is enough to quote the words of Livy
(xl. 51). "In the year of Rome, 574, the censors M. Fulvius Nobilior
and M. AEmilius Lepidus restored the temple of Jupiter on the Capitol.
On this occasion they removed from the columns all the tablets,
medallions, and military flags _omnis generis_ which had been hung
against them."

The right of performing sacrifices was sometimes granted to
civilians, on payment of a fee. An inscription discovered among the
ruins of the Temple of Malakbelos, outside the Porta Portese, on the
site of the new railway station, relates how an importer of wine,
Quintus Octavius Daphnicus, having built at his own expense a
banqueting hall within the sacred enclosure, was rewarded with the
_immunitas sacrum faciendi_, that is, the right of performing
sacrifices without the assistance of priests. The performances were
regulated by tariffs, which specified a price for every item; and one
of these has actually survived to our day.[36]

D
PRO.SANGVINE (_nomen animalis_)
ET.CORIVM
SI.HOLOCAVSTVM.[Symbol: -X] X
PRO.SANGVINE.AGNI.ET.PELLE [Symbol: -X] IS
SI.HOLOCAVSTVM.[Symbol: -X].II[Greek: S]
PRO.GALLO HOLOCAVSTO [Symbol: -X] I[Greek: S]
PRO.SANGVINE. A.XIII
PRO.CORONA. A.IIII
PRO.CALIDAM.IN.HOMINEM.A.II

D....
For the blood of ---- (perhaps a bull) ----
And for its hide ----
If the victim be entirely burnt xxv asses.
For the blood and skin of a lamb iv asses.
If the lamb be entirely burnt vi1/2 asses.
For a cock (entirely burnt) iii1/2 asses.
For blood alone xiii asses.
For a wreath iv ass