History of Rome and of the Roman people, from its origin to the Invasion of the Barbarians; . forms which the celebrated Apollodorus of Damascus, the architect of NERVA AND TRAJAN, 96 TO 117 761 exceedingly difficult even to day : in tho time of Trajau it was farmore so; hence one cannot too greatly admire the resources of theEmpire which undertook it and tho genius of the architect who exe-cuted it. In this locality the distance between the banks is 1,200yards; in Ioav water a depth of 20 feet is still found in the channel,and twice as much at the season of high water, and the mean flow
History of Rome and of the Roman people, from its origin to the Invasion of the Barbarians; . forms which the celebrated Apollodorus of Damascus, the architect of NERVA AND TRAJAN, 96 TO 117 761 exceedingly difficult even to day : in tho time of Trajau it was farmore so; hence one cannot too greatly admire the resources of theEmpire which undertook it and tho genius of the architect who exe-cuted it. In this locality the distance between the banks is 1,200yards; in Ioav water a depth of 20 feet is still found in the channel,and twice as much at the season of high water, and the mean flow exceeds 9,800 yards persecond. To build the Pyra-mids or the Coliseum wasa less difficult imdertaking. Before the Eoman armycrossed the bridge Dece-balus, feeling apprehensive,attempted to avert thetempest by causing theemperor to be stroke failing, he askedfor peace and reimburse-ment of his war expenses,promising in exchange togive up Cassius, one ofTrajans be«t generals, whohad been treacherouslycaptiued. To leave hisprince entirely at libertyCassius took poison. The. Uecebalus conqupi-ed by Trajan (British Museum). news of this noble act of devotion heightened the ardour of theRomans ; the most difficult obstacles were surmounted, and the enemy,Aanquished at every encounter, was dislodged from every ended his career bravely : at the taking of his lastfortress he threw himself upon his sword and his chiefs put them-selves to death after him. He had buried his treasure in the bedof the river, the couise of which had been turned aside, and put the cohimn, had given to the bridge of which he was the engineer. (Official report of M. , president of the European Technical Commission for the Construction of a Bridgeover the Danube : December, 1879.) ^ 3,.570 Grecian feet, (Dion, Ixviii. 1?>.) It appears that Apollodorus constructed auartificial island on a shallow in the middle of the river. (Tzetzes, Chiliades, ii. v. 67 sq.) - D
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