Aequĭmaelĭum (better than Aequĭmēl-), i, n.,
the open space in Rome below the Capitol , not far from the Carcer, where had stood the house of the turbulent tribune of the people , Sp. Maelius , who was slain by Ahala during the dictatorship of Cincinnatus , now in the Via di Marforio : Aequimaelium, quod aequata Maeli (Meli) domus publico, quod regnum occupare voluit is,