Some observations made in travelling through France, Italy, &cin the years MDCCXX, MDCCXXI, and MDCCXXII . per incroftaturadel muro : certa cofa e, die det-to tempio fuffe edificalo ad honoredi Romolo e Remo, edificatori di Roma, & al prejente detta piantafi trova nell antiquario del cardinak Farnefe. Not far from this, flood the Temple of Peace; the greateft Temple ofpart of it lies in ruins. What now appears, feems to be one Peace-fide of what the ancient temple was, and as it were a fediortof it. It confifts of three great arches, or vaults; there aremany prints of it extant. It was built b
Some observations made in travelling through France, Italy, &cin the years MDCCXX, MDCCXXI, and MDCCXXII . per incroftaturadel muro : certa cofa e, die det-to tempio fuffe edificalo ad honoredi Romolo e Remo, edificatori di Roma, & al prejente detta piantafi trova nell antiquario del cardinak Farnefe. Not far from this, flood the Temple of Peace; the greateft Temple ofpart of it lies in ruins. What now appears, feems to be one Peace-fide of what the ancient temple was, and as it were a fediortof it. It confifts of three great arches, or vaults; there aremany prints of it extant. It was built by Vefpafian, and wasefteemd the fineft temple of old Rome. Here were lodgd thefpoils that were brought from the temple of Jerufalem : andit abounded afterwards with an infinity of other riches. This temple, as we are told by Jofephus, who was in Romeat that time, was built immediately after the taking of Jeru-falem, when the Roman empire had put an end to all theirwars, and enjoyd peace on every fide. And according to him,the fpoils were firft brought to the Temple of Jupiter Feretrius, ?? ROME. TEMP. OF JUPITER STATOR. [fo called a ferendis Spolih] now Ara Cceli, and afterwards re-movd to the Temple of Peace,. then newly erected, and depo-sited there. The temple is faid to have been near 200 foot inbreadth and 300 in length, and lind throughout on the infidewith brafsrplates gilt. The vaults of it are hollowed in com-partiments, fomewhat after the manner of the Pantheon. Oneof its noble pillars now ftands before the church of S. MariaMaggiore, as is above-mentiond : I do not know of any otherof them that remains intire. There is a groupe of figures atthe Farnefe palace, which was cut out of the lower part of oneof and Sera- Further on, towards the amphitheatre, are remains of the5is- ancient temples of the Sun and Moon, [or Ifis and- Serapis] within the convent of S. Maria Nuova. There appears no-thing of them now, but a fort of tribune, or ftctions of cu-polas
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