Identifier: dayinancientrome00lohruoft (find matches)
Title: A day in ancient Rome; being a revision of Lohr's "Aus dem alten Rom", with numerous illustrations, by Edgar S. Shumway ..
Year: 1885 (1880s)
Authors: Lohr, Fr Shumway, Edgar Solomon, ed. (and) tr
Subjects: Rome -- Antiquities Rome (city) -- Description and travel
Publisher: New York, Chautauqua press
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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- the first Dictatorof Rome, Titus Lartius, in 501 B. C. Opposite the high stairway, which led to the Temple of Saturn,a small temple was built by Domitian, in honor of Vespasian. Asthere was also placed, in it an image of Titus, the people were THE TEMPLE OF VESPASIAN, 33
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Area of Dii Consentes. RUINS. Temple of Vespasian. 34 THE TEMPLE OF VESPASIAN. OFFICES. wont to call it after the two Plavii (Vespasian and Titus). Of theinscription there remain only the letters ESTITVER, which mustbe read as a part of RESTITVERVNT ( they restored ). Theserelate to the restoration of the sanctuary by Septimius Severus andCaracalla. The front of the temple, which once was adorned by six col-umns of Carrara marble, faces the forum. Its sides, which weresupported each by eleven pillars, run parallel with the ConcordiaTemple. The back rests on the Tabularium. Three columns arestill standing at the right hand front corner. They support part ofthe molding adorned with the heads of oxen and with sacrificialimplements. When, in the beginning of this century, an attemptwas made to excavate them to their full length, the foundationproved to be too frail for the pillars. After it had been strength-ened, they were again put up, and with great pains and trouble themolding was res

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