The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-05-13
Two Caesars Who
Ruled Roman Empire
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Jewish Ghetto

uli WHICH lntl all Htlu lOIlu,
Jewish Ghetto
An interesting place nearby, on
the outside, is the old Jewish Ghet-
to "a word meaning cutoff, and the
fore-runner of all ghettos. II began
its existence about 20 B. c., when
Pompey brought the first Jewish
captives to Rome, and lasted until
1880 A. ID. Less than seventeen
years later, however. the Jews had
become a power to be reckoned
with, as in the case OF the Negro.
who forty-five years after his desti-
tute entry into Virginia, found him.
self faced with a law. prohibiting
his buying white people. (See Hen
ning's Statutes of Virginia. Vol. H.
Seven Hills
On the hill. is the Palatine. one
of the famous Seven Hills, adorned
by the Palaces of the Caesars, now
! denuded OF their costly marble and
but cliffs Of brick from which one
may get a fine view of the city
The gardens are still there with
orange trees laden with ripe fruit
Descending again one finds him
self among arches of brick so lofty
and spacious that when the Christ
ians came into power. they used the
space as churches, many of which
still bear their decorations.
Coliseum
In the vicinity is the Coliseum, so
| grizzled with age that 1t hardly
seems to be the handiwork OF man.
This structure. which is almost half
a mile in circumference, was COM
! pleted In so A. ID. by the Emperor
Titus. and took the labor of thirty
thousand slaves who were all freed.
100 Day Show
The Coliseum was opened with a
performance lasting one hundred
days. during which several thousand
gladiators and wild animals tore one
another to pieces. Readers Of Quo
Vadis will also recall how the Chris.
tians were thrown to the lions in
the great arena. now but long sec
lions Of masonry with great holes
between
One feels like going into Ingersol
liam rhapsodies on seeing the Coli.
scum, for the spot on which ragged
such barbarity and bloodshed are
now parties of tourists and children
playing hop-scotch. Much of the
Coliseum. like that of the building
in the Foro Romano. was also de
spoiled to furnish materials for 9th
er buildings. Considerable restora
ton has been done by one or two
OF the Popes.
Baths
Not far from the Coliseum are tn,
i Baths Of Caracalla. structure hard
ly less imposing than the Coliseum
This bath which could accommodate
more than a thousand persons a
once, was also a cultured centre
with libraries and art galleries. Il
several of the pools may still D
seen the hot water pipes and tn
! beautiful mosaic.
: Bathing Out Of Favor
? This bath is but one of manN
' Bathing went out of favor. however
J with the Christian regime, an
p seems to be still out of favor
. Catholic Europe. broadly speakin,
: Many of the early saints pride
: themselves on the fact that the
Y never bathed. hence, the phras
"odor Of sanctity."
e Stadium For 800 900
In this vicinity. Via Cerchi (Ci
: Gus street, are the ruins of n
Circus Maximus. where the Roman
held their athletic games. The ST.
dunn accommodated 100000 pc
Q sons. almost four times as many
. the Coliseum. Those old Roman
" certainly built with a robustne
. and vastness of conception beyor
v man. but II must be recalled tn
;. they had the example OF the Greek
u who In turn had that OF the Egg
y tians and Philippians
My next article will be from Flo
ence. IN which I will also say som
thing Ct Mussoiini and Of the evei
tlav life of tho Ifalfana