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Title: Rambles in Rome : an archæological and historical guide to the museums, galleries, villas, churches, and antiquities of Rome and the Campagna
Year: 1887 (1880s)
Authors: Forbes, S. Russell
Subjects: Art -- Rome Rome -- Guidebooks Rome -- Antiquities
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the sixteenth cen-tury, one of which is in the Museum of the Villa Borghese, and theother is in the Naples Museum. Another base was found, dedicated to the Emperor Coustantius II.by Flavins Leontius, prefect of Eome in 356 a.d. This is similar to the one in the Capitoline Museum. The inscription reads,—toto. orbe. victorl—dn. constantio. MAX.—TRIUMFATORL—SEMPER. AUG.—FL. LEONTIUS. V, C.—PRAEF.URBL ITERUM.—VICE. SACRA. INDICANS.—D. N. M. Q. EIUS. Eemains of Eoman and medieval buildings and a fovmtain havebeen uncovered in the course of excavating, also some architecturalfragments. The whole length of the Via Sacra has been nowuncovered as far as the steps leading up to S. Bonaventura, THE HOUSE OF JULIUS C^SAR. The recent excavations along the line of the Via Sacra brought tolight some unimportant remains of shojis and houses facing towardsthe street. These buildings are of the time of Constantine, andagree in then- construction with his Basilica on the opposite side of
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62 RAMBLE I. the street. This part of Rome was desti-oyed by tire iu the reign ofCommodus, and again under Maxentius (Dion Cassius, Herodian,Galen, Capitolinus). In this rebuilding they did not clear awaythe remains of the older houses, but built on and over them—a notunusual custom in Rome. Let us carefully examine the older remains.Our attention is first attracted by different fragments of beautifulmosaic pavements of the best period of the art, and evidently theflooring of no mean house. The first piece that we come across iscomposed of a pattern made up of several cubes in diiferent colours;in the rebuilding this was hid by a pavement of herring-bone brick-work. Beyond is a beautiful black and white octangular and diamondmosaic pavement, which also did duty to the rebuilt house. In asmall room adjoining we notice a travertine base of a column, whichstands near a piece of black mosaic pavement, in which are insertedsmall squares of white marble; in another chamber close by is awh

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