ran to the forum of the cattle-dealers and Circus Maximus. "They had
ground allotted to them for building houses, which was afterwards
called the Vicus Tuscus" (Livy, ii. 14). "Verres had caused it to be
paved so badly, that he made a point of never going along the street
that he had taken the contract for paving" (Cicero, "Ver." i. 59). It
was the route for the festal processions to the Circus and Aventine.
Where it entered the Forum was a statue of the Tuscan god Vertumnus,
the base of which statue was found near where the street first touched
the Basilica Julia. This street was sometimes called the Vicus
Thurarius, from the perfumers' shops.