Temples, tombs, and monuments of ancient Greece and Rome. A description and a history of some of the most remarkable memorials of classical architecture (1871)
Adams, W. H. Davenport (William Henry Davenport), 1828-1891 · London, New York [etc.] T. Nelson and sons · leaf 117
st side of the Forum,between the Temple of Castor and the Regia, where theplebeians were accustomed to assemble ; and it was onthis spot that the body of the great Dictator was solemnlyburned, after Antony had pronounced over it the cele-brated oration recorded by the old historians, and… … HAUNT OF THE ROMAN LAWYERS. 115 adopted this method of honouring then- successful gene-rals. The especial meritof Caius Duilius was thathe gained an importantnaval victory over the Car-thaginians (b. c. 260). Near the Rostra werealso the statues of theThree Sibyls ; and one ofMarsyas, with hand…
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