History of Rome, and of the Roman people, from its origin to the invasion of the barbarians . ntara,show that flourishing cities, whose very names are lost, stood wherenow are only poor villages or miserable posadas. Let us pass to the other extremity of the Empire. We willnot speak of Palmyra, or of Baalbec, or of the dead cities, onceso active, which dot the route from Damascus to Petra, in theprovince of Arabia. Let us stand on the arid plateau of AsiaMinor, near the source of the Rhyndacus, and observe the immenseruins,—a theatre, a race-course, tombs,two marble bridges, three temples,one
History of Rome, and of the Roman people, from its origin to the invasion of the barbarians . ntara,show that flourishing cities, whose very names are lost, stood wherenow are only poor villages or miserable posadas. Let us pass to the other extremity of the Empire. We willnot speak of Palmyra, or of Baalbec, or of the dead cities, onceso active, which dot the route from Damascus to Petra, in theprovince of Arabia. Let us stand on the arid plateau of AsiaMinor, near the source of the Rhyndacus, and observe the immenseruins,—a theatre, a race-course, tombs,two marble bridges, three temples,one of which has colossal founda-tions, and another, of the Ionic order,is the most beautiful which has beenfound in the Asiatic peninsula. Up^nthese ruins may be read fragmentsof imperial letters and this sentenceof a governor of the province : TheEmperor Hadrian has in his decision taken into account justiceand humanity. We seek in history the name of this city, butwe do not find it. Accustomed to see so many prosperous did not seem to the early historians to deserve special. SPECIMEN OF OPUS RETICDLATlM. 184 THE EMPIRE AND ROMAN SOCIETY. But we, looking at these magnificent remains whichRome has left at both extremities of her Empire, cannot fail ta
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