A day in ancient Rome; being a revision of Lohr's "Aus dem alten Rom", with numerous illustrations, by Edgar SShumway .. . ople of to-day seem the thinner of the two, andstand more ghost-like by thearches and columns, lettingthe rich sculpture be dis-cerned through their ill-com-pacted substance. But,pursuing our way up thePalatine, at the right of ourpath now rise up, in threestories, high arches, and dailynew walls come to light ruins belong to theimmense palace which Cal-igula built at the northwestside of the Palatine. Thefront of this palace faced theforum. For Suetonius says,i
A day in ancient Rome; being a revision of Lohr's "Aus dem alten Rom", with numerous illustrations, by Edgar SShumway .. . ople of to-day seem the thinner of the two, andstand more ghost-like by thearches and columns, lettingthe rich sculpture be dis-cerned through their ill-com-pacted substance. But,pursuing our way up thePalatine, at the right of ourpath now rise up, in threestories, high arches, and dailynew walls come to light ruins belong to theimmense palace which Cal-igula built at the northwestside of the Palatine. Thefront of this palace faced theforum. For Suetonius says,in the biography of thisemperor, that he had ex-tended this side of the Pala-tine, by the help of mightybuttresses, to the forum, andhad made the Temple of Cas-tor and Pollux a vestibuleof the royal palace. Oftenthe emperor placed himselfbetween the celestial brothers, and allowed himself to be worshippedby the passers-by. We go through the principal modern entrance,which formerly led to the gardens of the Farnese family, and sooncome, after turning to the right at the end of the high staircase, tothe Hill of CALIGULA. PORTION OF PALATINE. 57
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