...superstition of the early inhabitants of the seven hills should have been aroused by these phenomena. The locality became known by the name of the Fiery...the infernal realms was soon an established fact in folk lore. In progress of time the superstition was transformed into an article of religion. An altar...

...vapors hung over the springs, and tongues of flame sprang from the cracks of the earth. The place hecame known by the name of the Fiery Field (campus ignifer), and its connection with the infernal regions was soon an established fact in folk-lore. An altar was erected...

...issuing from the cracks of the earth. The locality became known by the name of the fiery field (camjnis ignifer), and its relationship with the infernal realms...borders of the pool, and games were held periodically in honour of Dis and Proserpina, the victims being a black bull and a black cow. Tradition attributed...

...and his family, described by Valerius Maximns. Heavy vapours hung over the springe, and tongues ol flame were seen issuing from the cracks of the earth....altar to the infernal gods was erected on the borders ol the pool, and games were held periodically in honour of Dis and Proserpina, the victims being a...

...superstition of the early inhabitants of the seven hills should have been aroused by these phenomena. The locality became known by the name of the Fiery Field (Campus Igniter), and its relationship with the infernal realms was soon an established fact in folk lore....