A day in ancient Rome; being a revision of Lohr's "Aus dem alten Rom", with numerous illustrations, by Edgar SShumway .. . ple of Jupiter, whichhad been vowed by his father. Livy, in the passage in whichhe describes this (I. 53-55), designates thewhole southwestern part of the Capito-line Hill as Rupes Tarpeiae; but, in a nar-rower sense, the rock is a steep precipicetoward the south, Fittest goal of treasons race,The promontory whence the traitors leapCured all ambition.—Byron. One Tarpeius was governor of the citadel,whose daughter, Tarpeia by name, going forthfrom the walls to fetch water f
A day in ancient Rome; being a revision of Lohr's "Aus dem alten Rom", with numerous illustrations, by Edgar SShumway .. . ple of Jupiter, whichhad been vowed by his father. Livy, in the passage in whichhe describes this (I. 53-55), designates thewhole southwestern part of the Capito-line Hill as Rupes Tarpeiae; but, in a nar-rower sense, the rock is a steep precipicetoward the south, Fittest goal of treasons race,The promontory whence the traitors leapCured all ambition.—Byron. One Tarpeius was governor of the citadel,whose daughter, Tarpeia by name, going forthfrom the walls to fetch water for a sacrifice, ^ 1 > I • took money from the king that she should receive certain of the soldiers within the citadel; but whenthey had been so received, the men cast their shields upon her,slaying her with the weight of them. This they did either thatthey might be thought to have taken the place by force, or that theyjudged it to be well that no faith should be kept with traitors !Some also tell this tale, that the Sablnes wore great bracelets ofgold on their left arms, and on their left hands fair rings with. THE TEMPLE OF JUPITER OPTIMUS MAXIMUS. 15 precious stones therein, and that when the maiden covenanted withthem that she should have for a reward that which they carried intheir left hands, they cast their shields upon her.—Church. This place, where the first traitress of Rome received her re-ward from the mocking enemy, and whence afterwards perjurers,thieving slaves, and those accused of high treason were hurleddown, has now lost its terrors. It is no longer separated from therest of the Capitoline Hill by a wall; the trembling culprit is nolonger led through the poor sinners gate. To be sure, the hill has undergone many changes in the courseof time through landslides, so that no one can say definitely Thisor that abrupt abyss was the grave of the transgressors. But thismuch, at any rate, is certain, that the ill-reputed place lay on thisside of the hill. For
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