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 50
re to fill up the valleys. During a long course of years Rome wasalmost abandoned; the streets remained unswept, and the rubbishof the city collected upon them. At length a new life sprang up,and to the dust of ages was added the refuse of building materialsfor the new city, till in the year 1650… … 20 RAMBLE I. EXTENT OP THE FORUM. The Forum was not, as many have supposed, a building, but anopen space surrounded with buildings, the whole forming the Forum.Varro ( De R. R., i. 2) says, Septeni jugera forensia. This wouldmake it 540 yards long by 272 yards wide. From the Tabulariumto the Arch…
