The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-07-29
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turtles, ana more history was made IND
ssha ned here than In any other place OF
cdinlI size in the world 1t Is now q con-
fused mass Of shattered II column. and
demolished temples and arches. ! n re- g.
cent years only has 1t been OK cilYa ted RI
having Lain for centuries buried many
feet under tho accumulated debris, WITH
Il few OF the tailor columns md nrchesg
projecting above tic surface The j italian
government has inerit ted the graf tudeE OF
the world t,f scholars by Its careful and 4
systematic work OF excavation, which
has brought to light and identified y the
various objects OF antiquity here loca ted.
down to tho glnalSl which Is about
TWEEN five orr thirty feet below the 8level
y Of the surrounding surface mt present.
The government ha s acquired much bofi
the property nd 1acent to tile Forum.
md some Of the houses are now being
torn down. eparatory to excavatiflg UNI
der their foundntlo 5doWilgto the original,
level. No doubt tho labor viii II be re-
swarded with some embarrassing gdiscoveries.s
It8quickens your pulse and Eltindles your;
to roam In the Forum amid
the ruins Of Rome's departed glory and
grandeur. and to tread tho sacred way
over which, Caesar and other Roman con-
5qllerors led their triunlplhal professions
through he Forum 81 up the 3 Capitoliae
Hill ELL to the Temple OF Jupiter. You mny
still see and walk upon fragments OF the
original Via Sncra Is VIII icll used once q to-
quake under the: trumphal march of VIC
$torlous armies s & & r.
8sa The Trilnphal Arch Of TITUS beyond
the Forum, at the foot Of tho Palatinc
1IilI arrested our attention especia lly.g
I This small arch is we'll preserved. 1t vas
erected In the year 81 \ "A. D. to com
Z nlellloratc tlUc defeat OF y the Jews and
I capture R Of Fl Jerusalem eleven years be-
fore BY THUS. The whole story Is told In
1 stone with mute sdloguence. On one sldetlle
5arcll, oyer head, and = In tho ceiling n tusS
Is represen ted as crowned y$victory ana
borne to heaven on an eagle. ri o 4 th,e
;pIlpoate side Is a. has relief OF the lr-
umphal proc ession with the captive Jewa,
the ia BILE with the slew dread and the gol-
den cahdIesticls with ITS sewn
5brnnc hes--the sacred utensils OF ~ th.S
\ Temple Ri Of Jerusalem brought to-
was this arch which inspired lot.ni
Russin's Seven Lamps of Architectural.
The Colosseum.
cellentS<v lew of The great Flaviun Anlphi-s
theater, the Colosseum. builtisby# tho
same dynns ty and about the Same time
You can hardly resist 1.-The attractveness
: Of this ruin, the grrlndest In Rome, and
you feel that you must go ilrned iateIy
and inspect 1t. This stlhpendOus building
H"the glory OF sanclent architecture and
the despair Of MODERN once had a Seat
Ing capacity of 5000 and afforded stand-;
ling room for Il, 900 moro IN 'tlle peanut
8gallerv,, where there were no seats. THIS
gallery nearest heaven was reserved cx-
clusively$for the colnmonpeople. and from
that dizzy height they used !, for the nonce.
ito look down upon the nobility.
9 Only about n third Of the original
structure remains. but even this Is Is t,l-
gpendously tInprlsslve." MS IA ed eIser VI.
The nassiyn walls, stripped of all theft
original decoration, marble facing and
gstatuary, present n RI Their sad SPECTACLE,
and make n kind Of mute appeal to your
3syr,poat HES, as you gaze upon them IL
their dismantled and rulnous condi tion.
No structure In Rome has ms bloody n
history behind 1t as this same gigantic
ruin, from the day Of It's $inaugliration.
when 1000 wild animals were slain in II
for the t1electatlon Of the dissolrte Roman
populnce, down to tho yea r NJ III o., Wnen;
..IIonorius abolished gladitorial combnts
rs Inconsistent With Christianity. What
a host of Christian martyrs perished
here in the early centuries Wills pagan
Rome looked on with fielndi sh delight and
sa ted It's passion for blood. K i, a
D 4 few steps from the Colosseum lands
the imposing Triumphal Arch OF Constant
il tine. spanning the Via Trlumphals. The
modern street runs under the arch and
carrlaEes and wagon, still pass under It
no in bygone centuries MI
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