. Architecture for general students. ed thousand people. He then commenceda second stone theatre, built a new forum, and ex-tended the old forum between the Palatine andCapitoline hills. To accomplish the latter, it musthave been necessary to pull down many privatedwellings ; and it is the opinion of some archaeolo-gists that this dislodgment of numbers of the citizensfirst led to the occupation of the Campus the extension thus made, he erected the Basil- 92 A rcJi itectii re. ica Julia, which contained thirteen judgment seats,so extended were its precincts ; while its magnifi-cen
. Architecture for general students. ed thousand people. He then commenceda second stone theatre, built a new forum, and ex-tended the old forum between the Palatine andCapitoline hills. To accomplish the latter, it musthave been necessary to pull down many privatedwellings ; and it is the opinion of some archaeolo-gists that this dislodgment of numbers of the citizensfirst led to the occupation of the Campus the extension thus made, he erected the Basil- 92 A rcJi itectii re. ica Julia, which contained thirteen judgment seats,so extended were its precincts ; while its magnifi-cence led to its use for the splendid ceremonials at-tendant upon the reception of foreign ambassadors,at the same time serving the ordinary purpose of thebasilica. Its lofty roof was supported by a hundredCorinthian columns, arranged in four rows, theircapitals richly ornamented with gold. Gold, silverand precious stones were used in decorating otherparts of the building, and everywhere was lavishedgreat beauty and wealth of CHAPTER X. ROMAN ARCHITECTURE. ROME FROM AUGUSTUS TO TRAJAN. OME UNDER Augustus. — As the reign of Augustus is designated the golden age of
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