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 94
thus exactly described by Servius (in.En. vii. 153): By the Temple of Vestawas the Regia of Numa Pompilius, butnear to the Atrium of Vesta, which wasdistinct from the temple. Standing just inside, at the top of the stejjs, we have the wholeAtrium Vestse, as their residence was named, uncovered… … DEDICATION OF THE TEMPLE. 52 RAMBLE I. four columns of various marbles, whilst under the colonnade were thepedestals bearing honorary inscriptions and statues of High Vestals:sixteen on each side, six at the top, and six at the bottom. Of these,thirteen honorary inscriptions have been found…
