The ancient world, from the earliest times to 800 AD . ROME uader the Kings 1. Citadel (Arx). 4. Citadel at Janiculum. 7. Senate House (Curia). 2. Temple of Jupiter (Capitolinus). 5. Wall of Romulus. 8. Comitium. 3. Quays of the Tar quins. 6. Temple of Vesta. became the common citadel. The later kings (the tyrants perhaps) drained the marshes and inclosed all the seven hillswithin one wall, taking in also much open space for further city-growth. Until a few years ago, the remains of a great drain{Cloaca Maxima) and of a massive wall were thought to be* 312 s> ROME UNDER THE KINGS [§338 long
The ancient world, from the earliest times to 800 AD . ROME uader the Kings 1. Citadel (Arx). 4. Citadel at Janiculum. 7. Senate House (Curia). 2. Temple of Jupiter (Capitolinus). 5. Wall of Romulus. 8. Comitium. 3. Quays of the Tar quins. 6. Temple of Vesta. became the common citadel. The later kings (the tyrants perhaps) drained the marshes and inclosed all the seven hillswithin one wall, taking in also much open space for further city-growth. Until a few years ago, the remains of a great drain{Cloaca Maxima) and of a massive wall were thought to be* 312 s> ROME UNDER THE KINGS [§338 long to these early works ; but they are now supposed to be of^ater date, replacing the ruder structures of the kings. The. So-called Wall of Servius. This wall was thirteen feet thick and fift>feet high. It consisted of a huge rampart of earth, faced on each side by awall of immense stones fitted together without mortar. A part of thiscolossal structure has recently been uncovered on the Aventine. present remains, however, belong to a very early period, andare pictured in these pages. The gain from this union was not merely in physical power. That wasthe least of it. Early societies are fettered rigidly by custom, so that thebeginnings of change are inconceivably slow. In Rome, the union of 3391 GROWTH OF THE CITY iis distinct societies broke this bondage at a period far earlier than compelled the three tribes to adopt broader views of their re-lations toward one another. They became accustomed to variety of cus-toms, and they found how to live together peaceably even when theirways differed. Compromise took the place of inflexible custom. Th2isbegan the process of association that was
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