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chap. “ that have survived the injuries of time and“ fortune.’ 4

Hi» de- These relics are minutely described by Pog-

the'ruiiis 0f § ms > one °f the ffi' st who raised his eyes fromthe monuments of legendary, to those of classic,superstition.' I. Besides a bridge, an arch, asepulchre, and the pyramid of Cestius , he coulddiscern, of the age of the republic, a double rowof vaults, in the salt-office of the capitol, whichwere inscribed with the name and munificenceof Catulus. II. Eleven temples were visible insome degree, from the perfect form of the Pan-theon, to the three arches and a marble columnof the temple of peace, which Vespasian erectedafter the civil wars and the Jewish triumph.III. Of the number, which he rashly defines, ofseven thenrue or public baths, none were suffi-ciently entire to represent the use and distribu-tion of the several parts: but those of Diocle-tian and Antoninus Caracalla still retained thetitles of the founders, and astonished the curi-ous spectator, who, in observing their solidityand extent, the variety of marbles, the size andmultitude of the columns, compared the labourand expence with the use and importance. Ofthe baths of Constantine, of Alexander, of Do-mitian, or rather of Titus, some vestige mightyet be found. IV. The triumphal arches of

A Capitolium adeo * • • • inmiutatum ut vinae in senatorum subsellia•uccesserint, stercorum ac piugamentotum receptaculum factum.Respice ad Palatinum monteui «... vasta rudeia .... caeteros collespcrlustra omnia vacua aedificiis ; minis vinesqne oppleta conspicies(hoggins de Varietal. Fortuna*, p. 21).

* See Pogguts, p* 8-22.