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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 79

An illustration from Rambles in Rome; an archaeological and historical guide to the museums, galleries, villas, churches, and antiquities of Rome and the Campagna, 1911, leaf 79
edto us, being represented on a coin of theorator M. Palikanus, 70 B.C., as shown inthe accompanying illustration. There is an important passage in Plinywhich shows the exact site of the Rostra, as it was used to mark thehour of noon : The accensus of the consuls proclaiming mid-dayaloud, as soon… … THE ROSTRA. THE MUNDUS. Just behind the curve of the Rostra some slabs of black marble(Niger Lapis) were uncovered in January 1899, forming a sacredenclosure 12 feet square. A circular pit was dug about what isnow called the Comitium, and the first-fruits of everything that isreckoned either good…

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