The San Francisco call., 1907-02-10
OH WALL OF HADRLMH
hORTfUMbERL ENGLAND


Colosseum and many other grest
works were constructed.
England. is full of remains OF the
Roman period; as witness the Roman
baths, which give the city of Bath
its name; the ruins OF at least two
amphitheaters, at Sllchester aud Ciren-
cester, and the great wall of Hadrian,
seventy miles long. built by the
Romans along the northern frontier OF
their province of North Britain, be-
tween Tyne and Solway. for the pur-
pose of keeping at bay the Picts and
Scots. The very name of Chester,
England's most interesting city. is de-.
rived from the Roman "castra" or
camp. Julius Caesar stationed the ia
nous Twentieth Legion there. and for
400 years the town was held by the
Romans. The walls, which still sur
round the city, are built upon ths
foundations of the original Roman
walls dating from the year 81 A D..
and the position Of the four old Roman
gates Is perpetuated in the very gates
by which the city is entered to this
day
Paris also has many interesting Ro-
man rains. chief among which are the
fine baths within the walls OF that pic
turesque old monastery which is now
a museum of .antiquities-the Muses
Cluny.. and. in Germany there are many
Cologne bears the impress Of the Ro-
S man. occupation. for here during the
first century OF the Christian era, in
the camp OF Germanicus, was born Co
lonia Agrippina. the mother OF Nero.
In latter years she returned to the
place of her birth. and. in commemora-
tion. Of the event, bestowed upon the
city her name. which, in its abbreviated
form, it has ever since retained.
Greece possessed many monuments
dating from the occupation OF the RO-.
mans, among which the most interest
ing ase the amphitheater at Corintk4l
and the one in Sparta. the theater OF
Marcus Agrippa and the arch OF Ha-
drian in Athens
: Among the Roman structures still re-
naming in Spain. the province OF
Illyria, which gave two emperors to
Rome. the most magnificent is the
great aqueduct OF Segovia: while
Northern Africa Is fun OF ruined tenn
pies. aqueducts and amphitheatsrs.
which remain to amaze the builders OF
this present age The amphitheater at
Thysdrus- in Tunisia. is one OF the
largest In the world-exceeding in size
even the arena at Mines.
Sicily. Asia Minor. Syria and Pales-
tine all are rich In Roman ruins; chief
among which must be counted that
group Of shattered temples which
crowns the Acropolfs OF Baalbec. Al
the ruins OF Rome itself do not equal
them In extent. and here. before the
marvellous temples OF Jupiter ana the
Sun. the traveller pauses IN astonish-
ment. fully convinced that at BaaIbec
Rome reached the zenith of her archi-
tectural achievements. Only the tenn
pies at Karnak rival these cyclopean
structures IN size and grandeur ~
Baalbec Is perhaps the strongest -.
dence Of the vitality OF the Roman 80.
pire at the zenith OF her power when
we consider that Syria was but minor
Roman province, and that these tern
pies were situated among mountains Al
least forty miles from the sea. we an
preciats the might OF a nation which
could build such aws-inspfrinx tenn
pies In Asia. and Gt the saua tfr-,s
cover Europe ana North Africa rvsfS
structures scarcely less magnificent.