but was not accessible from the Campus Martius, on the

west.

111. Between the two summits of the hill stood the Tabularium, in which the city archives were kept. The substructure of the modern Palazzo Municipale shows many important remains of this ancient building. The wall of large blocks of stone clearly visible in the lower story dates from the time of Cicero.

112. BIBLIOGRAPHY.

The following books will be found helpful on Roman topography:

Middleton, Remains of Ancient Rome, London, 1892. Nichols, The Marvels of Rome, London, 1889.

Burn, Ancient Rome and its Neighborhood, London, 1895.

Hülsen, Forum Romanum, Rome, 1893.

Lanciani, Ancient Rome in the Light of Recent Discoveries, Boston, 1888.

Lanciani, Pagan and Christian Rome, Boston, 1893. Lanciani, The Ruins and Excavations of Ancient Rome, London, 1897.

Lanciani, The Destruction of Ancient Rome, New York, 1899.

Lanciani, New Tales of Ancient Rome, New York, 1901.

Platner, The Topography and Monuments of Ancient Rome, Boston, 1904.

CN. POMPEIUS MAGNUS.

After the statue in the Palazzo Spada at Rome.

M. TULLI CICERONIS

DE IMPERIO CN. POMPEI AD QUIRITIS

ORATIO.

The orator's reasons for appearing on the Rostra.

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Quamquam mihi semper frequens conspectus vester multo iucundissimus,' hic autem locus ad agendum amplissimus, ad dicendum ōrnātissimus est visus, Quirītēs, tamen hoc aditu laudis qui semper optimo cuique maximē patuit, non mea me voluntas adhuc, sed vitae meae 5 rationes ab ineunte aetate susceptae prohibuērunt. Nam cum antea per aetātem nōndum hūius auctōritātem loci attingere auderem statueremque nihil huc nisi perfectum ingenio, elabōrātum industria adferri oportere, omne meum tempus amicōrum temporibus transmitten- 10 dum putāvī. 2. Ita neque hic locus vacuus umquam fuit ab eis qui vestram causam defenderent, et meus labor, in privātōrum periculis castē integrēque versātus, ex vestrō iudicio fructum est amplissimum consecutus. Nam cum propter dīlātiōnem comitiōrum ter praetor primus cen- 15 turiis cunctis renuntiatus sum, facile intellexi, Quirītēs, et quid de me iudicārētis et quid aliis praescriberētis.

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1. gratissimus, dulcissimus. 2. clarissimus. 3. apertus fuit. 4. consilia. 5. causis, discriminibus. 6. occupatus.