Roman Antiquities, and Ancient Mythology / For Classical Schools (2nd ed)

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es of curious work and extraordinary beauty annexed to pub

h they stood near, from the builders, from the nature and fo

in the most precious wares took their stand here to expose their goods for sale; but the general us

rected generally to the honor of such eminent persons as had either won a victory of extraordi

nse was thought too great to render them in the highest manner splendid and magnificent. The arches built by Romulus

hed gate in the middle, and small ones on each side. Upon the vaulted part of the middle gate, hung little winged images representing vict

ast converted to the same design as the arches, for the honorable memorial of some noble victory or exploit. The p

stone. The height was one hundred forty-four feet; it is ascended on the inside by one hundred eighty-five winding stairs, and has forty little windows for t

et high; he was represented in a coat of armour proper to the general, holding in his left hand a s

or to the former, being undertaken in the declining age of the empire. The ascent on the inside was by one hundred six steps, and the windows, in the sides, fifty-six; th

but Pope Sixtus the first, instead of the two statues of the emperors, set

us C?sar, at which all the highways of Italy met and were concluded; from this they counted thei

ilian fleets, four hundred ninety-three years from the foundation of the city, and adorned with the beaks of the vessels taken in the engagement.

signs or monuments of victory: they were erected usually in the place w