New-York tribune., 1878-02-05
RoNE,s ANCIENT MONUMENTS.

rur ypv ,rNRY G. sraUIDINGs SECOND LECTURE
The Rev. Henry G.. Spauding's second lee
t,re Oh Pagan and Christian Rome, Delivered y's''-
day forenoon before audience when almost h'ied
Chickering Hail. had for its special SUBJECT ihe ""s
and Gates Of the Eternal Fountains, hqedncts
ard R.,ns Rome he said by way OF introduction.
ia the city OF visible history, and owes tie fscha'"
il has for mankind 1900 years OF unihteffhp'oi
existence 1T is the lake says Edward freeman Id
which all history itself. and out OF when a MS
tory flows"
rbo ,,ur.r dyelr on the authentic historic vau" Of
archaeological uroof Histories, or the written proofs On
which histories were based. had been largely inter-
polated But broken shaft OF temple. as hawthorne
once said was great solid fact Care should De akch
however not place greater weight or inference on tho
archaeological column than It would s'iey oeat' io
held III his hasd fragment Of the auadrate wall ta nd
been unearthed on the Palatine Hill. Th marhcd the
houudarcs of ,l,c prehistoric city beyond d"nh put
vould he time enough believe That u was ID" Nh'i
bnilt by Il ninlus, over which Remus jumped when IN
ncigbhclIng cave should ne Ioutu Wv ~ ''O" "
the wolf that gave suckie 10 the mythl'hl t"i't.
The hrst etcrs"ptson po vg~ .nstor aSt ' thc pyT
auidal tomb Of Ce-uc's, l23 f-et hlsh ' ul,lnE w,
30 B. G. Proceeding in historic orueI N'eWs WVIU ~
OF the so-caliod wall e komnluS Oh tt ,,i
was formed OF large hOc.s ~ volcanic rock ~ wv ~
nearly equare. and laid without ceinen~ fomnaei cti
rectangular slapc. ana regularly laid. hut also without
ceIncnf These characteristics demo ed tAat tie
race belonged 20 the period o, th1 ko"'n hIn,s'
II had GispUtcd that wall w"ud ne '3nnd WIZ
In
the railway entered Rome cut wa' made THROUGH 'Ae
rhankmruf disclosing the interior wall ON the ANel-
tine Hll a section Oi the SerVIau "a, WIN an area
had ted 10 n most important discovery. S-n"f IfHzl
claimed that hr found tie tuna walls inscriptions
in Greek characters indicating ~ some instances thc
ounrics from which the stone taken, ana III 0thcf
a SOS The place IA the wall which The stone IL
perind OF the Roman kings used the Greek olpab"i,n
would Indicate "a much higher stale ~ ciNlltton tish
had hitherto ascrbci 80 tDis epoch of Roman his
tory.
Views were shown of the Hqucturt5 and OF Tire great
Rlu.au bal interior ws'r. Wtfc examples oi
arcLIr,uri! grandeur. sAli t.r Lecturer: "Ihc Kp-
man sqlicucs ui1gScd The transition fton neit yl ago
to .tajcy capital. Tin. Er-t ore ~1s hult 10 "l@ D. T..
and called the Apridu Al wss almost -tl"icrfA'i hnN
extended nearly i've miles outside o tic CIV. ~ 25J
Il g.. the AHiO fiucei. atd rrt'H'l i"i,
rriucs I'm N" hiuc NOM ir- 10 tie ciiy, d Stance ~
forty o mi No~i Ui 90 rluc q ciefr h' c'l
near the Pua1 SJi llrld haEio;I. .t -Anp y .f"a
AMI Caudan aa;c.!ucts uri n Il in - y. j., p!
Enurror ChUGi tae len ,.h n .c former r'ins sixty
ul,.4 when Al. ti' triuttr were ~ operation
IN Rome (Iu npcr tl" hv supply 80 " scr f"f tEr
city must have OrD OO cubic ~r ~ tWefiy-ipur
hours iuor- thau time, Zoe actual supply 81 London
for the came umc. The Romans az t." Republic hid
their svlunlg, piacc- or 6GHof. Dic- very M
neruus and owned by private persons, scinr o whom
charged adu- sion tee before bcfE0 or phbt p'iS'
were bu IT, Tue first therr "a wtTr butt ly Aefipta'
and otncls by Iitus an Tria. tu thc great h"rHlr
those ~ Csr:lcaia aTd tC'tHn. Ihn-r ni 'ha-
Gala cavertl an area l5oODO square ysId,. ap"it
such s as would to oar hbta!i's r"a-
ng rooms. lecture halls balt Diii grolnd race ,ulle'a
and gymnasiuis.'
THURSDAY mornings lecture VIII refer mta,y 9" ihc
monuments and ruus ~ tIr taIt"tin" ana i-l.tihr
hills ana OF the Roman Forum.