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 82
chajolegists as putting to restthe arguments in reference to the names and positions of the differentbuildings in the Forum. The poet Statins (Silv*, i. 1, 22) describesthe relative position of the different buildings and this statue. Hetells us that the statue was situated in the middle of the… … MARCUS CURTIUS LEAPING INTO THE GULF. {Relief in the Villa Borghese.) whilst the rider looked towaids the Temple of Vesta and the ImperialPalace. Suetonius tells us that the tablet inscribed upon the base ofDomitians triumphal statue was carried away by the violence of astoim, and fell upon a…
