Editing Vicus Tuscus (section)

==Background==
Though originally a residential area of wealthy families; by the Republican time, the Vicus Tuscus became a hub of Roman commerce where there were many stores (''[[Horreum|horrea]]'') on both sides, such as booksellers.<ref name="Claridge"/> According to Horace's Epistles, books were on sale in front of the statues of Etruscan god [[Vertumnus]] and [[Janus|Janus Geminus]] in the Tuscan street and inside the Forum.<ref>Peck, Tracy. Classical Philology, Vol. 9, No. 1. (January 1914), pp. 77-78.</ref> The most influential merchants were expert dealers of incense and perfume (''turarii'' in Latin), giving rise to the street's second name - Vicus Turarius.<ref name="Platner"/> [[Propertius]] recorded that these tradesmen made sacrificial offerings to [[Vertumnus]], whose statue stood on Vicus Tuscus.<ref>Hornblower, Simon and Antony Spawforth. “Vertumnus.” ''The Oxford Classical Dictionary''.  Oxford, New York : Oxford University Press, 2003.</ref>