margaritaria

Updated: May 12, 2025

Thus I was out of Rome during the great fire, which destroyed, along with the Temple and Altar of Peace, the Temples of the Divine Julius and the Divine Augustus, the Temple of Vesta, the Atrium of Vesta and most of the other buildings about the great Forum, also the Porticus Margaritaria and the shop of Orontides.

Edward Lucas White - Andivius Hedulio : Adventures of a Roman Nobleman in the Days of the Empire

We had not been there ten days, in fact, when he made me conduct him to the Porticus Margaritaria, on the Via Sacra, near the great Forum, which was and is the focus of pearl dealers and gem dealers in general in Rome. There we entered several shops and, at last, I could not keep him out of that of Orontides, who had known me perfectly.

Edward Lucas White - Andivius Hedulio : Adventures of a Roman Nobleman in the Days of the Empire