The Archaeological journal . erty was below a certain amount. :! Taorrniua (Tauromenium) in Sicily Analogies in English law will occur to supplies a good instance for comparison; every reader. there the theatre is on a height still more - This tax was a new one, imposed by elevated, and near the sea. Proximity to Augustus, vide Dictionary of Antiquities, Messina makes it very accessible,p. 24, 1st column. Suetonius, Life of 4 Professor Middleton, AncientfRome Augustus, chap. 49, aerarium militare in 1885, pp. .502-327, gives an excellent cum vectigalibus novis instituit. Monu- account of the C
The Archaeological journal . erty was below a certain amount. :! Taorrniua (Tauromenium) in Sicily Analogies in English law will occur to supplies a good instance for comparison; every reader. there the theatre is on a height still more - This tax was a new one, imposed by elevated, and near the sea. Proximity to Augustus, vide Dictionary of Antiquities, Messina makes it very accessible,p. 24, 1st column. Suetonius, Life of 4 Professor Middleton, AncientfRome Augustus, chap. 49, aerarium militare in 1885, pp. .502-327, gives an excellent cum vectigalibus novis instituit. Monu- account of the Coliseum ; p. 302, in the mentum Ancyranum, edit. Mommsen, p. lowest part of the valley ; p. 314, note, 44, and especially, p. ;. Collata autem drainage of the hollow ; pp. 323-326 cum minime suflicertnt primum vicesima and Plate, cages for beasts: cf. Diet, of hereditatium instituta est, mox addita Antt. 3rd edit. Amphitheatrum, vol. I, centesima reruru venalium aliaque milia p. 115, method of raising wild THE ANTIQUITIES OP POLA AND AQUILEIA. 255 Similarly les Arenes at Nimes were built on Of all the amphitheatres I have seen that at Pola is themost striking. The effect is due to the whiteness of thestone resembling marble, the commanding position, andthe almost perfect preservation of the external Generally this part has suffered the greatestinjury, being accessible to attack if the edifice wasconverted into a fortress, and easily dismembered if itwas used as a quarry. Here again Pola far surpasses itsanalogue in France, for the outer walls of the latter havebeen so much restored that the spectator can scarcelydecide whether he is looking at an ancient or modernbuilding. Another feature still remains to be noticed,viz., four angular towers at regular intervals projectingoutside the circumference. Their purpose is very doubtfuland therefore has been often disputed. Some think theyserved as buttresses to support the structure,
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