Rome and Pompeii, archaeological rambles . fpMmrt.^J. TEMPLVMVKSTAE ?J** .Hitriuy After Dedtften TRI FORUM. S6 preatly help us in this. We have seen that, accordingto Denys of Hnlicnniassus, lîomulus and Tatius usedto meet iu a certain part of tlie Forum in order toconfer, and that at this spot, since called the Comxtinm(gathering), the citizens thenceforth held their assem-blies. But where was the site of tlie Coinitium to belooked for ? For a long time it was customary to locateit a little everywhere—even in the lowest parts of theplain. Good sense, however, tells us that it mu
Rome and Pompeii, archaeological rambles . fpMmrt.^J. TEMPLVMVKSTAE ?J** .Hitriuy After Dedtften TRI FORUM. S6 preatly help us in this. We have seen that, accordingto Denys of Hnlicnniassus, lîomulus and Tatius usedto meet iu a certain part of tlie Forum in order toconfer, and that at this spot, since called the Comxtinm(gathering), the citizens thenceforth held their assem-blies. But where was the site of tlie Coinitium to belooked for ? For a long time it was customary to locateit a little everywhere—even in the lowest parts of theplain. Good sense, however, tells us that it must havebeen in a high place, safe from Hoods. The Forum, inits primitive state, was a marsh.^ Tarquin, by buildingthe great drain discovered under the portico of theBasilica Julia, caused the stagnant waters of the Tiberto tlow oflf, and first rendered the bottom of the placepracticable. Before his time, there could have been noquestion of establishing a place for public meetingsthere. We must therefore put the Comitium a littlehigher, on the slo
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