The destruction of ancient Rome : a sketch of the history of the monuments . TRANSFORMATION OF REPUBLICAN ROME 13 other materials to raise the level of the ground. Suchare the antefixes of painted terra cotta from the templeof Jupiter Optimus Maximus, now in the Palazzode Conservatori,! and theroof-tiles from another shrineon the Esquiline, in theMuseo Municipale al Celio.^In the early centuries ofRome sacred edifices were. built of wood, and orna-mented with panels, cornices,and tiles of terra cotta withpolychrome decoration. Astructure of this kind wasdiscovered on the site ofFalerii, Civita
The destruction of ancient Rome : a sketch of the history of the monuments . TRANSFORMATION OF REPUBLICAN ROME 13 other materials to raise the level of the ground. Suchare the antefixes of painted terra cotta from the templeof Jupiter Optimus Maximus, now in the Palazzode Conservatori,! and theroof-tiles from another shrineon the Esquiline, in theMuseo Municipale al Celio.^In the early centuries ofRome sacred edifices were. built of wood, and orna-mented with panels, cornices,and tiles of terra cotta withpolychrome decoration. Astructure of this kind wasdiscovered on the site ofFalerii, Civita Castellana, in 1886; the remains of it are exhibited in one of thehalls of the Villa di Giulio III., outside the Porta delPopolo.^ Fig. 5. — Fragment of painted tilefrom an early temple on the Esqui-line. In tracing the history of the destruction of the Romeof the Kings and of the Republic at the hands of theEmperors, three facts become prominent: (1) the com-plete covering over, for hygienic reasons, and conse- 1 Bull Com., 1896, p. 187, PI. (see Fig. 4). 2 Ibid., 1896, p. 28 (see Fig. 5). ^ Monumenti antichi publicati per cura della reale Accad. dei Lincei,Vol. IV., 1895. 14 DESTRUCTION OF ANCIENT ROME quent elevation, of large tracts of land; (2) the re-building, on a totally different plan, of one or more quar-ters of the City, after a destructive fire; and (3) theclearing of large areas to make ro
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