Comitia Tributa, for less important magistrates, tribunes, and ædiles, met sometimes in the Campus Martius.
The Septa consisted of pens (hence the name), into which the tribes passed to record their votes, which were given by ballot. Every voter received a tabella (tablet), on which he wrote the name of the candidate for whom he voted. He then dropped it into an urn.
Near by, Agrippa built the Diribitorium, a large building used for distributing and counting the ballot tickets. It was dedicated by Augustus (Dion Cassius, lv. 8; Pliny, xvi. 40). During a fire Claudius passed two nights here (Suetonius, "Claudius," xviii.).
These ruins extend under the Doria Palace, and have nothing to do with any house. There were no houses on the Campus Martius in Paul's time. (See [page 197].)
Just beyond, on the same side of the way, is
THE DORIA PALACE GALLERY (Palazzo Doria),
open on Tuesday and Friday from 10 till 2. Catalogues in each room. Fee, half-franc.
First Room contains four sarcophagi. A picture of the Deluge, by Scarsellino.
Second Room.—4. Caritas Romana, by Valentin. (See [page 191].) 24. Madonna and Child, by F. Francia. 28. Annunciation, by Lippi. 33. S. Agnese, by Guercino.
Fourth Room.—Bust of Leo X., Doria.