, 1874-05-09
merits tho bottor. no was assaaeinntcd by hia

Icrlhnt tho unloitllnato lsH,pefof WHO WAS mhuo
and HovcFal Of thu Thirty Tyta,itB si,o aroao and
foil in quick BtccosHiou, ard Inflicted mtBory on
the noman Empire BY their vieon, cruolty, mad
prohigaoy. Thia L. was period of war, poatilonco,
Aurolinn,; and ii. Prohns, whose buata are
iu Tho procession OF E1npcrors. Atirollan is
bne of ttie groat md foftnhato Emporoty; ;ncarto-
" SECOND to Julius Cnaar III wa11iko ability mud
Hike linn ho depended altogether too nh1ich on
tho eWord to maintain himself In powor. Ho
naa "tlie ,iHdful, tho1igll Hoyoro, roformor Of a
dogencrato f3tatc." Tlon follow the b,lats Of
tue great Dioclotinn, and OF GalcriuB, Mnxlmt-'
en, and Constantine, with whom ho
tho Government OF the ovorgrown Empire; The
heNd of Diooletlan lis ono OF tho most striking
anti commanding of tho Whole collection.
Wo ilow ,ro4eh tho <enlh1liihtion Of tho long
1@l@ oi gFoat hnlporota.lh tho statue OF =
=. ,,coHsThHf1SE THE GREAT, 80
wno nrocatmeu the ClirtBt!an Religion, as me
intufo worship q the .Emrlto.. a. DAWN ,aad
from wh'oh dase the anclont reliGson faplsly fen
into decay anu passed away forever; Il One Of nis
acts was tho erection ol tho first Church o.. -.
Potter, cloao to tho Circus OF Moro; sTlero dnbt.
ous na;ttloil a'armoa tnat ~; retor naa 9aen
ctuGinoa noaa 1oWnWarus. IWfi.e y nutatoo N
yoeta nltGf"a1aalt was lheloaeu "lsllin 1ao e,oI
o1s n Was Of tlio moaorn iahi!ica Or unusca OF
Ihe Eomalnaor ,aaan l ol tho hss .oael o. I'm, y
perq1a whose DUETS are, preserved ls
snort: Ihoro as Julian. GaI!o" tne
ppu ts oo o nos
e e nsfht wo M
LEE s 4t .e
ans Y Iono' ,s otneIn IT.
tlnio wlicn It'll liz 6arbariap Alarc aid i lis u uotGs
addBast @ tjS 1 tiitiS % wlSa tlio farooiot,s Att{la
orod and Iosfrnvod tho nrnvincaa ~ rtnlv
age aod us4elosou sas;,, .no pfo9sces ot LAY
t;nms tint iho crasa novnr .qrny m thn snot
wnore Attija's horse lad trod. Grcat Rome
nt;on o o TI,o ecav nr art IL shown in tho c1trnmo
annr"doton wl;ch acn1niurc had rnenl,oi H. 4io
1Nst oieI,t or ten busts of tho Emperors1 @ CT.
nc,,tio;, ~ aoch bacon;inr wnraa thon ita nrc5c.
coSanr ~ e- w.
paa IN, ,n.o 4,,a:4oYt roS,3, ~, 49,, .o,,,
tho nresoeo o. long inc Of tho
,, h 1hnusIhtous ;at oHAaaoTkns.
esais poo's, hss2sas' stn5esnen , os9.oIa, pnl
toa9Hnqqa1 ill., n9M pa 5c!Sneo no ppsse sta
ohGcuteo alIose wisnouG eHeopIlon. N the n ncse
, +nat ta ooat nYnccta ~ 10 on t.,,
ieoiingeof royorcntlai ia ave creep ever the mind
IN. tha presence OF tnts array or tue great dead,
Iepfodne@ea @ ~ inarolo' .Nnat IN aseem9aso Is
here1 I1ere ocforo .yonr oyos. nro; Aomor'
Socrates. .Arls,tdos, sorhooes, tlato, pythago-
rav, Domosthehos,: Alchnos, Archlmedcu'
Eucltd, Eso'1lapius. ,DiogoncB tho .Cyntc,
AloSandor a! 1nn dreat, Issop, Enriplacs,
Asppocratee, Ihncydides, AlGlbados, Cato tho
ssln spo Aaaf v@ the q Ms
fissss stsssh @ :s tic YouaSel % fo%Psy stsho, s,
and T. many othors ieah 1enownod. Most or these
bnsta we're gcutpsurod 10 tho lifetime Of tho
oriea wore still fresh.
But 7 observed that most Of tho visitors who
came Into the ha!!s Of tho Emperors aud OF II
!ustriotis men merely ,CaFe them q passing
and thon quickly moved M on, perfectly indiiler-
ont to thom And % their actions n5,LporEaps igno-
rans Of thom but around tho statue OF
-, THE DYING GLADIATOR,
thoro was always crowd. lntently gazing WITH
noraH. The iguro is not ideal, nor tue
head 1ntallcctnhl. II la simply. tho hEuro
ot q professional prize;hBhter, OF vigorous
frame and = btalwaIt a. limb: who hae reeelvcd 9
amphithohtre, and. sunk down il. q rccliuiug pos
turo, Lis head dropping gradually low as ho leans
OH ls haild,-n. ,congenting to death, but con-
! lueEing agony" Iho laai drops, obbing slowly
IRON M no rcd gash, "lan heavy one by one'n .,
Gro coaacd tho "inilunsn s Shout which hallea tho
wretch who won" !he art1st gives us OIL tho
pa.hos ana Tragedy O. death, Wl5aont lts ghaatll:
noas ana i1Iror. iho Hcohe ~ aoliciouIin IIn way
1 ,ii's x ~ - I,-.
bound the attention o. @ the unlotteroa rustic and
tno preotlced a. nftlBi. me anatomy OF tho h6nro
y perfect. ING uohneaIlon o. TUG volns on Ing
l,mps' nanas, 1eek aua ,a nGek fae tracings q
tho muscles; tae Short hair, IL matted
lilo pefePrn,'9nd Prnnd o. htom sne oefahsstGg fha 1
distonded with pain; and the aiullng
iangnor OF tho whoie ifamo, exhibit tno inhpiia- m
tlon oi gG9ta;a ana ieaS6 an impression , ~ TIC
mna Whlsn tlmclcahhos ehace. IL seems nI9 tllo
pAotograpn q ~, the aS.nal aceno - say T. nn9thng
oise among aM 1no snonsauus o. ssa;ues ID Aome,
WHICH, 10 usopiy hlrcshea sao yassor .u!, as tnis
proiosslonN4 n8he1! VINO haa aoleo Wltn aaslef;
Ate co4iaf9 hscoIuluk 70 Ala sln4ii ASug, anu
~ at nloG hs nz r'do @
the iar:on Dnnube, Thefe his heart sud
thoughts new Were Mhilo the p1iooathlfsty ~ crowd
are Yelling thor apPianee lor Ms YAnqu'shef'
But tho gfeat conectlon OF statnary
:, ~ IN THE M @ yATIcAN: ;,.
aeemn 70 p9ssese INC 9fgnaa Or copies OF
eyetSsang enes III a9'tsg st,aa y = afIe a Mhe M
one mas heen y anu 6tuaiea II, aii other col
icctons IN me Worid GRE 90 dwarled by