Rambles in Rome; an archaeological and historical guide to the museums, galleries, villas, churches, and antiquities of Rome and the Campagna (1911)
Forbes, S. Russell · London, New York [etc.] T. Nelson and sons; [etc., etc.] · leaf 113
There were seven such in all, emblem-atic of the seven days of the Jewish week. The Law of the Jewswas the last of those spoils in the procession (Josephus, Wars ofthe Jews, viii. v. 5). The legs of the table were perfectly finishedin the lower half, like those the Dorians put upon their couches,… … BAS-RELIEF ON THE ARCH OF TITUS. These spoils were deposited by Vespasian in the Temple of Peace.After the sack of Rome, a.d. 455, the Vandal king Genseric carriedthem to Carthage. Belisarius recovered them, a.d. 535, and took themto Constantinople; and they were transferred from there to the…
