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 69
Comitium (Pliny, Jr., iv. 11). THE JANUS. This was the Boman Exchange, where the money-changers trans-acted their business, and must not be confounded with the Templeof Janus already mentioned ; nor must it be thought that there werea series of arches here, as some authors have supposed. Horace… … 38 RAMBLE I. tlie bottom of Change. He here distinguishes the summus^ medms^and imus, or the top, middle, and bottom, of the Exchange. Having thus pointed out the principal buildings of the Forum,we shall proceed to identify some of its historical sites. SHRINE OF VENUS. This shrine was founded by…
