History of Rome, and of the Roman people, from its origin to the invasion of the barbarians . springs during the summer. Thus it has been calculated that threefourths of the quantity of the waters of the Tiber during low-water season are supplied fromsubterranean lakes, and that its summer How is never le>^ than half the usual supply (Rectus,Nouv. geog. univ. i. 460, 461). 4 The most valuable marbles in Martials time were those of Carystus in Euboea, in Phrygia, and Numidia. Cf. Epigr. i\. 76. MASNEKS. 281 work, some of which were magnificent compositions, — as, for exam-ple
History of Rome, and of the Roman people, from its origin to the invasion of the barbarians . springs during the summer. Thus it has been calculated that threefourths of the quantity of the waters of the Tiber during low-water season are supplied fromsubterranean lakes, and that its summer How is never le>^ than half the usual supply (Rectus,Nouv. geog. univ. i. 460, 461). 4 The most valuable marbles in Martials time were those of Carystus in Euboea, in Phrygia, and Numidia. Cf. Epigr. i\. 76. MASNEKS. 281 work, some of which were magnificent compositions, — as, for exam-ple, the battle between Darius and Alexander, found at Pompeii in the Fauns house, the figures in which are almost of natural size. Inthe interior, columns of Numidian or Euboean marble, for whichin the next century Egyptian porphyry was substituted, supportedporticos where the air circulated freely, — in the summer protectingfrom the sun, and in the winter concentrating its light and every step a statue, a costly vase, some object of art, some rich Ennnnniininiflflnnnnnninin^^. pmriniiHiKj: Hiiiiii:iiiiiuiiijiiiiiiiiui uiHiiiiiinn iLLiiiiii 11 n nailin null BATTLE BETWEEN DARIUS AND hanging. Many rooms were decorated with special care,—theatrium, where stood the dii lares, the images of ancestors, andfragrant plants which purified the atmosphere; adjacent, were thefun! in/mi and the exedra for visitors; farther away, the tricliniumfor guests ; in a place apart, the womens room; elsewhere thequarters for slaves. The courts were kept cool by jets of waterreceived in marble basins bordered with flowers, as the rose,the lily, violet, anemone, and the myrtle artistically , when space permitted it, some fine plane-tree, with smooth 1 Mosaic of Pompeii. - In the tablinum and the triclinium of Livias house are found the Roman paintings which,till quite lately, were the most ancient that had been discovered. Those of the tomb of theSta
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