FIG. 50. Trophy (from coin of Æmilius Paullus). 51. Soldier wearing sagum. 52. From a sepulchral relief. A Coin of M. Brutus, commemorating the murder of Cæsar. verse head of Brutus. Reverse liberty-cap between two gers; inscription EID.MAR (the Ides of March). . 53. Funeral pile. Ancient relief. . Daremberg and Saglio, Dict. de Tailpiece. Coin of T. Quinctius Flamininus. Obverse: head o Flamininus. Reverse: Victory, with palm and garland. EXPLANATION OF THE VIEW OF THE FORUM The background shows the southeasterly side of the Capitoli The blank wall in the centre is the rear of the Palazzo dei Senatori stands on the saddle between the two summits (inter duos lucos). lower part of this wall is very old, and is commonly supposed to wall of the Tabularium, or Record Office. The modern buildings on the right occupy the site of the ancient (Arx); those on the left, that of the Capitolium. In front, pro against the wall of the Tabularium, is, on the right, the Column of P a late monument of slight importance; at the left of that are the ru the Temple of Vespasian (three Corinthian columns, of which onl show in the view); farther to the left is a ruin with eight Ionic colum the Temple of Saturn, built in the time of the Empire on the site earlier Temple of Saturn, which served during the Republic as the rium, or Treasury. Below, at the right of the picture, is the Ar Septimius Severus: this probably occupies part of the space of the e Senaculum, or gathering-place of the Senators. Below the Temple a front of the Arch is the open space of the Forum, distinguishable b flagging here stood the Rostra. To the left, below the Temple of Sa are the ruins of the Basilica Julia. At the extreme left of the pictu the foreground, are three Corinthian columns, the only remains of famous Temple of Castor. Near the point where the spectator is posed to stand are the ruins of the Atrium Vestae and the Regia. : The Plan of the Forum (facing x) shows more recent excavations the View. It is taken from Richter's Topographie der Stadt Rom, 190 |