Walks in Rome (including Tivoli, Frascati, and Albano) . /?. /•. Tuckctt MARBLE DICCORATIVE SCREENS OF THEROSTRA Walks in Rome 143 every tellnric vibration announced by their movement; earthquakebeing regarded as a prodigy, and requiring solemn expiatory offer-ings. Hastae Martis in regia sua sponte motae, 104. Theiroscillations, therefore, were looked upou as a matter of the utmostgravity, often as an omen of war, and the Pontifex announced theoccurrence to the Senate, while the Salii, or dancing dervishes ofMars, were ordered to the Regia, where they sang the CarmenSaliare, in order to

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Walks in Rome (including Tivoli, Frascati, and Albano) . /?. /•. Tuckctt MARBLE DICCORATIVE SCREENS OF THEROSTRA Walks in Rome 143 every tellnric vibration announced by their movement; earthquakebeing regarded as a prodigy, and requiring solemn expiatory offer-ings. Hastae Martis in regia sua sponte motae, 104. Theiroscillations, therefore, were looked upou as a matter of the utmostgravity, often as an omen of war, and the Pontifex announced theoccurrence to the Senate, while the Salii, or dancing dervishes ofMars, were ordered to the Regia, where they sang the CarmenSaliare, in order to avert evil effects. In front of the Regia stoodtwo laurels, the sacred trees of Mars. Two new laurels have beenplanted in their places. The Church of SS. Cosma and Damiano (entered from Via inMiranda), being the remains of a Temple of Romulus, son ofMaxentius, has been partly converted into a temporary round cella of the Heroon was appropriated by Felix IV. () as a vestibule to his church, and remains in good fa9a

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