. The student's manual of ancient geography, based upon the Dictionary of Greek and Roman geography. Temple of Trajan. 542 LATIUM. Book Arch of Titus restored. ajDpears to have stood on the side of the hill, and the Palace ofTiberius near the corner. The two palaces of Xero, named Domus Transitoriaand Domus Aurea,probably coveredthe whole of thehill. The Velia wasthe rising groundbetween the valleyof the Forum onthe one side andthe t^olosseum onthe other. It con-tained the follow-ing objects: — thejEdes Penatium, anancient fane inwhich the images ofthe household godsbrought fro
. The student's manual of ancient geography, based upon the Dictionary of Greek and Roman geography. Temple of Trajan. 542 LATIUM. Book Arch of Titus restored. ajDpears to have stood on the side of the hill, and the Palace ofTiberius near the corner. The two palaces of Xero, named Domus Transitoriaand Domus Aurea,probably coveredthe whole of thehill. The Velia wasthe rising groundbetween the valleyof the Forum onthe one side andthe t^olosseum onthe other. It con-tained the follow-ing objects: — thejEdes Penatium, anancient fane inwhich the images ofthe household godsbrought from Troywere preserved: theTemple of Peace,erected by Vespa-sian after his tri-umph over Jerusa-lem, with the spoils of which it was adorned; the Basilica Constantini,erected by Maxentius in honour of Constantine, of which thi^ee massive arches still remain ;the splendid Templeof Soma and Venus,built by Hadiian,considerable re-mains of which ex-ist behind the con-vent of S. Fran-cesca Eomana; theArch of Titus, whichspanned the ViaSacra at the verysummit of the Ve-lian ridge, adornedwith beautiful re-liefs illustrating theJe^vish trium
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