. Pompeii : its life and art . used to be constructed a wall belonging to thecolony of Pompeii to the height of the tiles, that is, as high asthe roofs of the houses. The wall referred to was no doubt that on the west side ol thejcourt of the temple; when it was built the ends of the colonnadejon that side must have been closed, so that this ceased to[be a thoroughfare. Marcus Holconius was duumvir for the 86 POMPEII fourth time in the year 3-2 ; as an interval of at least fiveyears must intervene between two duumvirates, his third duum-virate must have been not far from 10 The pedes
. Pompeii : its life and art . used to be constructed a wall belonging to thecolony of Pompeii to the height of the tiles, that is, as high asthe roofs of the houses. The wall referred to was no doubt that on the west side ol thejcourt of the temple; when it was built the ends of the colonnadejon that side must have been closed, so that this ceased to[be a thoroughfare. Marcus Holconius was duumvir for the 86 POMPEII fourth time in the year 3-2 ; as an interval of at least fiveyears must intervene between two duumvirates, his third duum-virate must have been not far from 10 The pedestal in the cella, on which the statue of Apollostood, still remains, but no trace of the statue itself has beenfound. Near the foot of the steps in front is a large altar of trav-ertine, having the same inscription on both sides : M. , L. Sextilius , Cu. Cornelius Cu. f., A. Cornelius vir\_i] d\e~\ d\ecurionum\ s\ententia\ f\_aciundam~\ loco-r\_uut\ — Marcus Porcius the son of Marcus, Lucius Sextilius. Fig. 32. — Temple of Apollo, restored. the son of Lucius, Gnaeus Cornelius the son of Gnaeus, ancAulus Cornelius the son of Aulus, the Board of Four, inaccordance with the vote of the city council let the contract(for building this altar). The names of the four officials whoerected the altar, the two duumvirs and two aediles (for thetitle see p. 12), appear without surnames; this points to a rela-tively early time, at the latest the age of Augustus. At the left of the steps is an Ionic column with the inscrip-tion: L. Sepunius Sandilianus, M. Herennius A. f. Epi-diauus duovir\i~\ i\uri~\ d\icundo~\ d\_e~\ ?s\_ua~] p\_ecunid\f\_aciundum\ c\tirarunt\, — Lucius Sepunius Sandilianus theson of Lucius, and Marcus Herennius Epidianus the son ofAulus, duumvirs with judiciary authority, caused (this) to bt THE TEMPLE OF APOLLO 87 •erected at their own expense. Old sketches, made soon after jthe court was excavated, represent the column with a sundial !
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