Rambles in Rome : an archæological and historical guide to the museums, galleries, villas, churches, and antiquities of Rome and the Campagna (1887)
Forbes, S. Russell · London ; New York : T.Nelson · leaf 46
of the Circus Maximus, and re-dedicated, 10 b.c, to the Sun, asthe inscription informs us: imp. caes. divi. f.—Augustus—pontifex MAXIMUS—IMP. XII. cos. XI. TRIE. POT.—POPULI ROMANI REDACTA.—.SOLI DONUM DEDIT. Ammianus Marcellinua (xvii. 4) sujipliea us with tHe followinginformation relative to… … 4 RAMBLE I. thrown down and broken, which the ancient kings, when elated atsome victory or at the general prosperity of their affairs, had caused tobe hewn out of mountains in distant parts of the world, and erected inhonour of the gods, to whom they solemnly consecrated them. Now, an obelisk is a…
