A day in ancient Rome; being a revision of Lohr's "Aus dem alten Rom", with numerous illustrations, by Edgar SShumway .. . wall of the Tarpeian Rock nearby, and thus betrayed the presence of the incautious robbers. Livy, in his account of the founding of the Temple of Jupiter,has already informed you where to look for that largest and mostsacred temple of Rome. But at present we need no longer rely onthe written account alone ; the stones have spoken louder and moreintelligibly than human tongues. In the rebuilding operations on the southern side of the Capito-line Hill, during the years iS/S-
A day in ancient Rome; being a revision of Lohr's "Aus dem alten Rom", with numerous illustrations, by Edgar SShumway .. . wall of the Tarpeian Rock nearby, and thus betrayed the presence of the incautious robbers. Livy, in his account of the founding of the Temple of Jupiter,has already informed you where to look for that largest and mostsacred temple of Rome. But at present we need no longer rely onthe written account alone ; the stones have spoken louder and moreintelligibly than human tongues. In the rebuilding operations on the southern side of the Capito-line Hill, during the years iS/S-/S, the foundation walls of the oldTemple of the Tarquins were brought to light. The great age of these ruins is fully attested by the materialof which they are composed, and the manner in which it was used;and the fact of their belonging to that temple is proved beyond alldoubt by their position and mass. On this spot, then, between his two companions, Juno andMinerva, was enthroned the omnipotent Roman god of empire, whomade this, his temple-house, the capitol of the world. i6 THE TEMPLE OF JUPITER OPTIMUS THE DESTRUCTION OF THE TEMPLE. 17 Here the young Romans offered sacrifices upon laying aside thedress of boyhood (the toga praetextd); here the consuls entered onthe duties of their ofifice ; hither the victorious generals, after havingbeen borne in triumph through the city, directed their steps to ex-press their gratitude in the temple of their mighty god. The Tarpeian rock, the citadelOf great and glorious Rome, queen of the far renowned and with the spoils enrichedOf nations. —Milton. And not only mortals sought here safety and deliverance, but evencelestials, with their sanctuaries, altars and chapels, joined themselvesclosely to the supreme deity— Father of gods and king of men. This teinple, which the Etruscans had helped the Romans tobuild, just as the Phcenicians before had helped the Jews to buildtheir temple, was burned down during the civil
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