7. The profusion of Catulus, the first who gilt the roof of
the Capitol, was not universally approved (Plin. Hist.
Natur. xxxiii. 18); but it was far exceeded by the emperor's
and the external gilding of the temple cost Domitian 12,000
talents (�2,400,000). The expressions of Claudian and
Rutilius ('luce metalli aemula . . . fastigia astris', and
'confunduntque vagos delubra micantia visus') manifestly
prove that this splendid covering was not removed either by
the Christians or the Goths (see Donatus, Roma Antiqua, l.
ii. c. 6, p. 125). It should seem that the roof of the
Capitol was decorated with gilt statues, and chariots drawn
by four horses.