Walks in Rome (including Tivoli, Frascati, and Albano) . ains of the Servian wall whichran alonu its summit. Stej) by step the earlier emperors had approadiedwitli their new forums to the foot of this ol)struction. Domitian was the firstto contemplate and commence its removal. Nerva had the fortune to con-secrate and to yive liis own name to a portion of his preileecssors construc-tion ; l)ut Trajan undertook to complete the bold desii;n, and the grcnius ofhis architect triutiii)lied over all obstacles, and executed awork wliich ex-ceeded in extent and splendour any previous achievement of the
Walks in Rome (including Tivoli, Frascati, and Albano) . ains of the Servian wall whichran alonu its summit. Stej) by step the earlier emperors had approadiedwitli their new forums to the foot of this ol)struction. Domitian was the firstto contemplate and commence its removal. Nerva had the fortune to con-secrate and to yive liis own name to a portion of his preileecssors construc-tion ; l)ut Trajan undertook to complete the bold desii;n, and the grcnius ofhis architect triutiii)lied over all obstacles, and executed awork wliich ex-ceeded in extent and splendour any previous achievement of the kind. Hoswei)t away every building on the site, levelled the spot on which they hadstood, and laid out a vast area of columnar galleries, connectin halls andchambers for public use and 7ecreation. The new forum nas adorned withtwo libraries, one of Greek, the other of Roman volumes, and it was bounded 1 It is certain that the valley or hollow, however, existed loni^ beforeTrajans period. A street was discovered in 1908 beneath the Coluuiu. 110 r /? j3. /^ Walks in Rome 111 on the west by a basilica of magniflcent dimensions. Beyond this basilica,and within the limits of the Campus, the same architect (Apollodorus)erected a temple for the worship of Trajan himself ; but this wort: probablybelonged to the reign of Trajans successor, and no doubt the Ulpian forum,with all its adjuncts, occupied many years in building. The area was adornedwith numerous statues, in which the tigure of Trajan was frequently re-peated, and among its decorations were groups iu bronze or marble, repre-senting his most illustrious actions. The balustrades and cornices of thewhole mass of buildings flamed witli gilded images of arms and horsesHere stood the great equestrian statue of the emperor; here was thetriumphal arch decreed him by the senate, adorned with sculpture, whichConstautine, two centuries later, transferred without a blush to his own, act of this first Christian emperor; to wh
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