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Title: The critic in the Occident
Year: 1913 (1910s)
Authors: Fitch, George Hamlin, 1852- (from old catalog)
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Publisher: San Francisco, P. Elder and company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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ous objects. One of the most interesting is someportions of the rostra from which Cicero and othergreat orators delivered their speeches. The placegained its name from the brazen beaks of capturedships of war, which were brought home and nailedup on the orators platform. A few steps are allthat is left of the Basilica Julia, a massive court-house begun by Julius Caesar, but finished by Au-gustus. A heap of concrete is all that remains ofthe temple of Vesta, where the sacred fire was keptburning at all hours. The vestals who performedthis service were highly honored, but the ruins oftheir house show that it was poorly located for com-fort. Built with an open court, it stood at the baseof the Palatine Hill and must have been very dampand unwholesome. We can still see the furnacewhere charcoal made from olive and oak wood wasburned to heat this house. Besides the many magnificent temples, archesand columns that lined the Forum, the placewas ornamented with statues gathered from many (56)
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The Arch of Titu9 in the Roman Forum, With the Colosseum in the Distance. This Arch was Erected by Domitian to Commemorate the Subjection of the Jews by Titus in the Year 70 A. D. Romance and Beauty of Roman Ruins places. The pride that the Athenian took in theAcropolis was shown by the Roman in the Forum.It represented the splendid empire that embracedthe entire known world. Every Roman felt that hehad a personal interest in the place, and when anygreat public demonstration was announced all turnedout to see what was done in the Forum. The Caesarsspent imperial fortunes in decorating the Forumand in erecting the superb buildings which lined theVia Sacra. Gold and marble were lavished on thesestructures, which were finished in the highest styleof art. On one side of the Forum was the CapitolineHill, the seat of the Kings and the Republic, andon the other the Palatine Hill, the homes of theEmperors. The Capitoline is now covered by amuseum which contains some famous art treasures,chief

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