Dictionary of Greek and Roman geography . are the di-mensions of the original construction ; and when itwas burnt down a generation before ihe time ofDionysius,— that is, as we learn from Tacitus { 72), in the consulship of L. Scipio and Norbaims(h. c. 83),—it was rebuilt u])oii the same materials emjiloycd in the second constructionwere, however, of a mucli richer description than thoseof the first. The front of the temple, which faced thesouth, had a porticoconsistingof tiircc rows of columns,whilst on the flanks it had only two rows : and astlie back front is not sai
Dictionary of Greek and Roman geography . are the di-mensions of the original construction ; and when itwas burnt down a generation before ihe time ofDionysius,— that is, as we learn from Tacitus { 72), in the consulship of L. Scipio and Norbaims(h. c. 83),—it was rebuilt u])oii the same materials emjiloycd in the second constructionwere, however, of a mucli richer description than thoseof the first. The front of the temple, which faced thesouth, had a porticoconsistingof tiircc rows of columns,whilst on the flanks it had only two rows : and astlie back front is not said to have had any portico, wemay conclude that there was nothing on this sidebut a plain wall. Tlic interior contained three ceils 7G8 ROMA. parallel to one another with common walls, the centreone being that of Jove, on each side those of Junoand Jlinerva. In Livy, however (vi. 4), Juno isrepresented as being in the same ccUa with though the temple had tluee cells, it had butone Jastiymm, or pediment, and a single TEMPLE OF JUPITER (From a Coin of Vespasian.) Now the first thing that strikes us on reading thisdescription is, that the front being so ornamented,and the back so very plain, the temple must havestood in a situation where the former was very con-spicuous, whilst the latter was but little seen. Sucha situation is afforded only by the NE. summit ofthe Capitoline. On this site the front of the temple,being turned to the south, would not only be visiblefrom the forum, but would also present its bestaspect to those who had ascended the Capitoline hill;whilst on the other hand, had it stood on the , the front would not have been visible fromthe forum, and what is still worse, the temple wouldhave presented only its nude and unadorned backto those who approached it by the usual and mostimportant ascent, the Clivus Capitolinus. Such astate of things, in violation of all the rules whichcommonly regulate the disposition of public
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