. Dictionary of Greek and Roman geography . burnt down, and also thePalatine Library, as he himself assures us. (DeCompos. Medicam. i. c. 1.) This damage seems to have been repaired bySeptimius Severas, the munificent restorer of theRoman buildings, who with a rare generosity com-monly refrained from inscribing his own name uponthem, and left their honours to the rightful founders( Romae omnes aedes publicas, quae vitio temporumlabebantur, instauravit; nusquam prope suo nomineinscripto, servatis tamen ubique titulis conditorum,Spart. Sever, c. ult.). Of the original monumentserected by that em
. Dictionary of Greek and Roman geography . burnt down, and also thePalatine Library, as he himself assures us. (DeCompos. Medicam. i. c. 1.) This damage seems to have been repaired bySeptimius Severas, the munificent restorer of theRoman buildings, who with a rare generosity com-monly refrained from inscribing his own name uponthem, and left their honours to the rightful founders( Romae omnes aedes publicas, quae vitio temporumlabebantur, instauravit; nusquam prope suo nomineinscripto, servatis tamen ubique titulis conditorum,Spart. Sever, c. ult.). Of the original monumentserected by that emperor the principal one was the Ar-cus Severi or triumphal arch, which still exists ingood preservation at the top of the Roman forum. Theinscription informs us that it was dedicated to Seve-rus, as well as to his two sons, Caracalla and Geta, inhis third consulate and the 11th year of his reign,consequently in a. d. 203. Between the temple ofConcord and the arch, the church of SS. Sergio eBacco was built in the middle ages, with its tower. ARCH OF SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS. resting upon the arch. It appears from a medal ofCaracalla that a chariot with six horses and personswithin it stood on the summit of the arch, and otherpersons on horseback at the sides, supposed to bethe emperors sons. It was erected partly in frontof the temple of Concord, so as in some degree toconceal the view of that building, and thus to dis- ROMA turb the whole arrangement of the edifices at thispart of the fornm. Originally it does not seem tohave spanned any road, as the latest excavationsshow that it stood somewhat elevated above thelevel of the forum, and that the two side archeswere approached by means of steps. (Canina, ForoRom. p. 202.) The paved road that may be nowseen under it must have been made at a later would be quite a mistake to suppose that theSacra Via passed under it. This road (here theClivus Capitulinus) began to ascend the hill infront of the temple of Saturn and under the ar
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