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 60
to fall into decay, the Romansthemselves hastening on the work for the sake of the marble ; thesteady hand of time, allied with the luxuriant vegetation, workingslowly but surely, added to tlie d^hris; whilst deposits from the Tiberfloods, the wind, and the wash of the rain-shed, helped still… … 18 RAMBLE 1. dust of ages was added tlie refuse of building materials for the newcity, till in the year 1650 we have the Forum presented to us on alevel with the modern streets, under the name of the Campo Vaccino(the Cow-field); and thus was the Forum tilled uji. Such are thefluctuations of…
