Walks in Rome (including Tivoli, Frascati, and Albano) . mph ofCharles V. Note that besides the central and side arches thereis also a transverse one. In the Middle Ages the arch was sur-mounted by two turrets of which one was used as a belfry for thechurch of SS. Sergius and Bacchus, whence the name of Turris deBraccio, as applied to the building. It stood on the edge of theplatform—Area Concordiae—which was six or seven feet above thelevel of the Forum, wlience it was reached by steps. In theeighteenth century the side arches were walled in and let as shops,as may be seen in old engravings.
Walks in Rome (including Tivoli, Frascati, and Albano) . mph ofCharles V. Note that besides the central and side arches thereis also a transverse one. In the Middle Ages the arch was sur-mounted by two turrets of which one was used as a belfry for thechurch of SS. Sergius and Bacchus, whence the name of Turris deBraccio, as applied to the building. It stood on the edge of theplatform—Area Concordiae—which was six or seven feet above thelevel of the Forum, wlience it was reached by steps. In theeighteenth century the side arches were walled in and let as shops,as may be seen in old engravings. To the south of the Furum, near the entrance, from the foot ofthe Capitol, runs the Via della Consolazione, occupying part of thesite above the ancient Vicua Jugarius, beside which, in the AreaSaturni, Augustus placed an altar to Ceres, and another to OpsAugusta, a goddess of wealth, in which the seven hundred thousandsesterces left by Julius Caesar were stored. Where the street leavesthe Forum may have been situated the Lacus Servilius, a fountain. Walks in Rome 123 which probably derived its name from Servilius Ahala (who slewthe philanthropist Sp. Maelius with a dap:ger near this spot). Itwas encircled with a ghastly row of heads during the massacresunder Sulla. This fountain was adorned by M. Agrippa (the Haus-mann of Augustus) with the figure of a hydra. Tne south side ofthe Forum is now occupied for one hundred yards by the disin-terred remains of the Basilica Julia, quae f uit inter aedem Castoriset aedem Saturni, begun by Julius Caesar, and finished by Augustus,who dedicated it in honour of the sons of his daughter Julia. Itwas restored by Severus in 199 , and again by Diocletian afterthe fire in 282 , and was finally restored by the Praefect GabinusVettius Probianus, as is recorded on a pedestal unearthed in theVicus Jugarius. The basilica was composed of a nave surroundedwith a double porticus, in two storeys. It was open on three sides,but the south side
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