. An illustrated and descriptive guide to the great railways of England and their connections with the Continent . l| !• ^*^1. L^ £Lr- \^^MoM K e A\ ALLo Kp^it:.^,; Z-Sb^ northern side stands Trajans Column covered with bas-reliefs in spiralseries. It is built of thirty-two masses of marble, twenty-one of which formthe shaft, one the capital, and eight the pedestal. The summit can bereached by 185 steps cut in the solid marble. A statue of St. Peter hasreplaced that of Trajan. The whole is 128 ft. high. The Capitol—identified with the most memorable events in Romanhistory—stands on the slope o
. An illustrated and descriptive guide to the great railways of England and their connections with the Continent . l| !• ^*^1. L^ £Lr- \^^MoM K e A\ ALLo Kp^it:.^,; Z-Sb^ northern side stands Trajans Column covered with bas-reliefs in spiralseries. It is built of thirty-two masses of marble, twenty-one of which formthe shaft, one the capital, and eight the pedestal. The summit can bereached by 185 steps cut in the solid marble. A statue of St. Peter hasreplaced that of Trajan. The whole is 128 ft. high. The Capitol—identified with the most memorable events in Romanhistory—stands on the slope of the Capitoline Hill at the north end of theForum. The Forum stands between the Capitoline and Palatine Forum divides ancient Rome from the modern city. The Palatine Hill, by the time of Alexander Severus, was covered bypalatial edifices that formed the Palace of the Caesars. It was commencedby Augustus. After the great fire it was rebuilt by Nero, and was calledthe Domus Aurea, or the Golden House, and must have been one of themost magnificent structures the world has seen. 370 [! Rome * The imperial
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