A day in ancient Rome; being a revision of Lohr's "Aus dem alten Rom", with numerous illustrations, by Edgar S. Shumway (1885) (14755452506)

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Title: A day in ancient Rome; being a revision of Lohr's "Aus dem alten Rom", with numerous illustrations, by Edgar S. Shumway ..
Year: 1885 (1880s)
Authors: Lohr, Fr Shumway, Edgar Solomon, ed. (and) tr
Subjects: Rome -- Antiquities Rome (city) -- Description and travel
Publisher: New York, Chautauqua press
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN



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They are the fallen,Those who were spared to grace the chariot-wheels ;And there they parted, where the road divides.The victor and the vanquished—there withdrew ;He to the festal board, and they to die. —Rogerss Italy. To this prison, also, Catilines fellow-conspirators, who hadremained behind in the city after the departure of their leader,were brought, condemned to death in spite of the opposition ofCaesar. Cicero himself conducted Lentulus, who had lived in laxcustody on the Palatine Hill, across the forum to the prison ; therest were led by the praetors. They, also, were let down into thegloomy dungeon, but a speedy death put an end to their lives—the executioners (Vindices rerum capitaliiini), strangled them. But I see you have come to feel quite uncomfortable in thisCareer, and I will, therefore, take you out into the open air again. ARCUS SEPTIMI SEVERI. 25
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THE ARCH OF SEVERUS, WEST SIDE, AS TO-DAY. To be sure, if it were the ancient street into which we were going,a horrible sight might yet meet our eyes. For hard by the Careerwas the so-called stairway of groans (Scalae ge7nonianae), on whichthe bodies of executed criminals were exposed, so that the wholeRoman forum might see them, and the sight inspire great butwholesome horror ( inagno eiiin horrorey) It was here that themiserable Vitellius fell in his vain flight. In order to reach theforum from this side, we m.ust descend a temporary flight of woodenstairs. Turning to the right now, we look through the middle oneof the three triumphal portals of the arch (Aretis triuniphalis) ofSeptimius Severus. This somewhat clumsy edifice was erected inthe year 203 A. D., to commemorate the victories of this emperor 26 CARACALLA.