Walks in Rome (including Tivoli, Frascati, and Albano) . ork. Between the Ten: pie of Castor and Pollux and the Basilica Julia,the important Vicus Tuscus ran from the Sacra Via past the huge.\ugusteum, towards the Circus Maximus. At its commencementstood the statue of Vertumims, a God of Fruits, tbe patron of thequarter, whose shrine was on the Aventine, and whose feast wason August 13. In imperial days the sellers of incense had ihoirshops in it, and enjoyed the best position for viewing the religiousprocessions. It is now being thoroughly explored in front of the Augusteum, or Temple of Augu
Walks in Rome (including Tivoli, Frascati, and Albano) . ork. Between the Ten: pie of Castor and Pollux and the Basilica Julia,the important Vicus Tuscus ran from the Sacra Via past the huge.\ugusteum, towards the Circus Maximus. At its commencementstood the statue of Vertumims, a God of Fruits, tbe patron of thequarter, whose shrine was on the Aventine, and whose feast wason August 13. In imperial days the sellers of incense had ihoirshops in it, and enjoyed the best position for viewing the religiousprocessions. It is now being thoroughly explored in front of the Augusteum, or Temple of Augustus. Placing the east side of the Temple of Castor and PoUux, andacross a little street called Vicus Vestae, is the Lacus Jutumae—a square tank lined with marble, in which was fou*ncI an altar bear-ing reliefs of the Dioscuri, Diana Lucifera, Jupiter, and Leda, of thesecond century. The pool probably disappeared after the sack ofRome by the Normans in 1084. The abundant remains of jugaand glass bottles found show that it was frequented for medicina]. jy J-. , Esq. ALlAR AND IUTEAL IN FRONT OF•JHE SHKINI-: OF lUTURNA Walks in Rome 125 qualities long after these qualities had suffered woeful change, andbeen succeeded by others of quite a different kind. Some of thesevessels are late mediaeval. In early times it had been recognisedas the most pure and copious spring in the city. Its vsrater wasused in every temple. It was, therefore, not strange to discoverthat the mediaeval Christians had converted this purest of sourcesto the vilest uses ; to find the Pagan Gods of Health, ApoUo,^sculapius, and Diana Lucifera, lying in fragments in four feet ofindescribable filth. Such, however, was the fact, which will neverbe forgotten by eye-witnesses. Remains also of statues of Castor and Pollux with their horsesfound here, remind us that this was the place where those sons ofJove and Leda watered their horses after the battle of the LakeRegillus ( 498). Then on rode those st
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