Description
Antique print dated 1895. The page is over 120 years old and in good condition.
In order to enhance and protect the page we have set it within a brown frame with mount.
Frame size 400mm x 370mm. available also in a gold frame, your choice. RtW.55.
Entitled – Rome. General View of the Forum.
Below the picture an inscription reads:
Rome. – Descending from the Piazza of the Capitol by way of the Via Campidoglio, and passing the Senatorial Palace, one gets a particularly good view of the Forum. To the left below are the remains of the Temple of Saturn, the three columns of the Temple of Vespasian, and the Arch of Septimus Severus. Behind, partly hidden by the columns of the Temple of Saturn, are seen the column of Phocas, the Basilica Julia, the three columns of the Temple of Castor, and the bare walls of the Temples of Vesta and of Caesar. The ruin of the three columns shown to the left of our photograph belonged to the Temple of Vespasian, which was erected under Domitian. In front, the Temple had six columns, 49ft. high and 4 and a half ft. thick at the base. The Sacra Via, or Holy Way, was the chief line of communication between the Capitol and the Forum, and it passed in front of these buildings; the ancient pavement is still fairly well preserved for a considerable length near the Temple of Saturn. Passing through the Arch of Severus, 75ft. high and 82ft. broad, and turning to the right, one comes to the massive stone remains of the Rostra, or oratorical tribune erected by Julius Caesar. This tribune, which faced the Forum proper, consisted of an extensive raised platform measuring 80ft. by 40ft., and adorned with statues and tablets. To the east of the Forum lies the Temple of Caesar, close to which the mighty dictator had erected a new tribune. From this tribune Mark Antony addressed his insidious speech to the excited populance on or about the 19th of March, B.C.44. The foundations of the Temple of Caesar were discovered in 1872. Farther along the Sacra Via, on the left, rise the three colossal arches of the Basilica of Constantine, which contained three halls, and the vaulting of which served as a model for part of St. Peter’s. The span of the nave of this Basilica was 80ft. The entrance faced the Sacra Via, and was adorned with columns of red porphyry; from the roof one obtains a magnificent panorama of the ruins of Ancient Rome.
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