Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1861-01-25

noble scope Tor chariot races-onco "o""u
the circuit OF tho seats was walk OF only
n few feet less than mile. have thus
noticed these large places Of amusement on
ly 10 give q sort Of idea Of that ancient peo.
ple in this respect. Smaller theatres and
ampi,hcatrcs aboundcd also. The smallest
the theatre OF B,lbus--would scat eleven
thousand and five hundred.
PALACES.
The palaces may be not all judged by the
palace Of the Cesars, bu; Oh, yoluptuous'
ne., OF the people may well be inferred from
i,-i, cas-, even tho t,mplc Of Solomon into
the shade. Its ailuence Of precious mar
blcs. and ivory. and gold, and diamonds.
wa. beyond all parallel-all that art and
wealth and luxury could do Nero caused to
bc done. as he said tba, hc might have
place where be could live like man. The
number OF its chambers and halls was al
mos, uneoun,ed. and one Of them. disclosed
by digging hundred years and more ago
was one hundred and nine,y.ceht feet by
ninety .one. There was n por'ico three
thousand feet long. aud with thrc. rows OF
columns-what colonnade and i,s YES
tibuls was not les remarkable. while before
/ IL stood q statue in bronze Of Nero himself.
by the fr., ar,is, Of his day. ], was co..
lo..us. Of one hundred and twenty feet high.
WEALTH.
The wealth Of ,hc.c old Romans was in.
conceiyablc. SeneSa-,hc mole., mornlis,
was worth seventeen millions Of dollars.
Tlbcriu. va. worth one hundred and twenty
millions. Mark Antony's house vas sold
for two hundred millions. Olho spcn, five
million. in finishing a wing Of Nern's PAL
ace-ons Of Calisula's dinners co.t three
hundred and fifty thousand iollars-Ilelio-
gabalus' hrcakias, tor few friends, cos,
one hundred thousand dollars. Tho villa
Of Scarus was burned up. Ills l,- was
Eve and hall millions OF dollars. lie was
no, insured. hut, believe the loss did no,
Affect his credit. because he was well known
20 be able 10 lose that amount. Wherever
YOU 60, in and abou, Rome and for mile.
around. ancien, ruins are constantly pre-
sen,in: themselves. The wonderful aqua.
duets, and roads extending from city 10 ci'
ty. anl from province To province, are their
mos, remarkable utili,arian works, and they
are really worthy OF the empire.
RouOGS,-TnE iovrsIcS ARTIST.
Poor propertia DE- l.ossi She hesan by
sculp,urins large figures in wood. She
pl,,cd from that to the beautiful hut DELI
cate ar, Of sculpture upon nu,shells. and
finally to sculpture IN stones and marble.
She painted beautifully, and engraved on
corper and on wood. and she was u charm
ing musician. Smticn with love Tor
Young man. who rcjcctr,i her affection, she
,mmortAllzcd them both and her story, Ia
her Masterpiece Of sculpture, has-rel,ef OF
Joseph and Potiphar's wife. What par
allel chosen by hcrs,lf' |, was her last
work. Determined To transfer 70 the
marble ,ha, likeness Of her hearts idol
which existed in her exalted Imagination.
combined with ,h" divine purity of the
alarmed young ra,riireh, the ehor, over.
came her. and her hear,strlng, broke. Pope
Clement VII, had jos, performed the coro'
nation Of Charlie. V. in the church Of san
petronlo, and was admirin: ,ha, marvellous
monumep, OF her genus. and requested her
to accompany him to Rome. as filter rlase
Tor the display Of her powers. Tho poor.
lo,csick maid, who had achieved the mos,
brillian, success in everything but her un'
fortunate love. replied TO Ills holiness, that
in that church must be her iuneral-and
died as the words iell from her lips.
PATE pE rorr cRAs.