Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-02-22

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which no other spot on earth can equal
the ground On which stood the Cloths
and the Romans, the Caesars and the
martyrs, hundreds and hundreds of years
ago-and where thousands of travellers
of every rank and every country have
come to see the crumbling but majestic
remains of the ancient world.
We passed over the Sacra Via pausing
a moment under the ruins of the Palace
of the Caesars, stopped and looked at the
famous relief on which was depicted the
triumphal procession of Titus, on the
arch which was built by that Emperor
in honor of his conquest of Jerusalem,
| and come to
THE COLOSSEUM.
l wish could give you good pen
picture of the monstrous and impressive
ruin. 1t is an oval structure, some 600
feet long, 500 wide and 200 high, with
large parts of the walls destroyed and
/ gone, yet enough remains to show how
| grand it must once have been. 1t had
/ hundreds of arched windows and CALLER
les, passages and stairways. In the CEN
ter was an arena where hundaeds of
| gladiatOrs have fought, and Christian
martyrs have fallen prey to wild beasts,
! to glut the still fiercer taste of the Ro-
man populace. l have several times
clambered along through the galleries.
almost to the top and then spent an
/ hour gazing down upon the walls, the
arches and the arena below, and thought
as thousands Of others have, of the times
when eighty thousand spectators in these
same galleries shouted for many day at
/ scenes which would make our blood cur
die if we should see them now.
We drove around the colosseum and
then past the forum of Trajan, large
/ square, where a dozen feet below the
! level of the surrounding land, lie the re
mains Of huge pillars and columns that
once formed the stately cditices Of the
forum called by that emperors name.
As we drove through the streets, we no
tiCCd what one sees only in these ancient
! cities ancient walls or columns forming
parts of modern houses \ few minutes
more took us across the Tibcr-a dirty
stream-past the famous round castle OF
Los Angeles, to the huge open square
which opens on ONE side III d circle sur
rounded by colonadcs, and OH the other
bounded by the huge facade of
ST. PETERS
This structure is a. immense and i'm
preasivt a. the livclitst dcscriptionsmake
it, large enough to hold five or six dozen
ordinary churches and then have room
enough left for another Ecumcnical
council. As you ascend the dome-a
half hours cIimb-and look down from
the galleries into the church below, the
people look like pigmies beneath you.
The roof is as large as good sized park.
| enclose some flowers which I picked
from the huge railing that runs along
the front of the flat roof beneath the
statues of the Apostles
PIE POPE.
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of which there are many thousands in
the neighborhood Of Romp-arp pass
ayes dug out in the ground used for
burial places and even dwellings 10y the
early christians in times of persecution
As We 90 out on the Appian way, the
one by which Paul entered Rome. We