| Show tho the capitol of rome homo people who can R n spond spend a year i in relate homo will naturally follow it a different dif feren system of sight from choso win who have hot a lay few weeks to give to it with the first rat inclination will probably determine dete rumo tho the mattor matter suit with the tb second that mentor mentora sense bengi of ant duty yet may thero there iso bo made between the two twy 0 a ha la calculated to ti suit both bogli parties tur liea macli mac h may bo left led to happy happ Y ob anoos and it if is ia not who trust those the most that HIB fled themselves tho the worse for it in UK the ond A visit to the capitol o ot of rome bitonie demands a certain disposition of mind that milna work roman livator lii ator y comes close clone upon us tie on that slot anil and its ita past makes claims that require amo co of cf thought it 18 i not tho c ci pitol itol which in in ancient aln times es was wait the of roman power nv where hero in military gitary genius received its toward reward from which issued tho the triumphal pro cos siona that blasjo tho the art of war in hose days the tha ambition tion of all it is ia not I 1 lio he capitol whore where the voice of cloera was beard and julins julina cickar was killed it la is michel angelos Angelo 8 capitol the iho first wo we must imagine nor may me y wo we indulge in ia tho the pleasant thought though that hat t the ho present edil lots tho the con Bo orated spot of tho the arst what with I 1 hat state stalo of perpetual motion molion in which he bo earth of the eternal city ia 13 kept there hero Is a scarcely to bo be found an inch ol of round ground now ahat abat has ban not served its as a base to a number of ancl nt buildings which to identity identify must oven even tor for anti farfan learning be a hopeless task J ibo he hill on which romulus IOto ulua built rome pome IB is now noir only one hundred and thirty pet feet high it has two summits Bum mits one toward the beitat and ono one toward the tiber tho the capitol of the ancients stood on the summit looking toward the rho onet east and Is ia now BOW partly occupied by the Ill bilazzo azze caffarelli tho citadel arx blood on tho the higher summit toward the river where now tho the church of ara cell stands the iho space between was culled called and was the place which romulus Bom ulus in need of sol diets diers opened to the outlaws who became the first citizens of rome borne tho the afi capitoline 0 line hill was surrounded by high aw walla I 1 a and ll 11 d only accessible from the tha east tho the eido 1 d 0 where it communicated with tho the forum now almost the whole of modern rome homo lies at its foot the S tory story or hablo fablo of caprit toll is too well known that wo we should stop to relate it so inca it to say bay that the temple of jupiter tho the foundations foundation a of which were cause caused to be dug dog by tarquin the an chont in accordance with a vow bo be had bad tande made in a critical moment when the babines were lit at tho the point of getting the better batter of him wits waa built by Tarqui and culled call jupiter capitoli nus nua how solidly so wildly it was built wo we may infer front from its ita lasting till when sylla hylla rebuilt it it was next renewed by vespasian Vea Ves and made over again by it is from the ancient his hii to rians such as titas titan levim that we learn iman what it looked like and whitt what it was wei built fur for these immense edi floes seemed to have served moro more than one purpose it wo we enter somewhat minutely into the tha history of ancient manners and customs wo we will find that their superb porticos were in some to 10 their centers tor for conversation that they served the same purpose BS as oar drawing rooms or salons it IS there that the intelligent romans of ancient days congregated to exchange ideas and that the common people met to gossip the italian houses of those to amoo were scarcely any anything thing more thin than burrows a place to sleep in find and be ba a sheltered helt ered from the ruin rain they con cell s isted mostly of one room which to ra the needed hooded light from a little opening above the door the people lived in ia the open sir air and had bad no idea of fireside talks thua Thus were their tom tarn plea pies made mada to do both holy and profane service and became a bammon resort where tho the thinkers soldiers Bol diora citizens met in e t to discuss their publio public and private affairs a the ancient capitol was built to in the form of a square two hundred feet on naoh ono h bide aide and was waa approached by a flight of ono one hundred steps the gates were of bronze and the ceilings coi liaga and ani tiles gilt the gilding alone cost twelve thone thousand and talents no small temptation for the tha covetous and barIl bax baroni arons bottles which ravaged ag R rome homo Sti stillicho licho stripped it of a I 1 I 1 p portion 1 of its ornaments and goa gea beno ri in a Q his i fourteen clays plunder of rome carried off the gilt bronzes and half of the tiles the tha facade was formed by a portico of throe three rows of columns co a similar portico but of two rows of columns only ran along the three other sides of the building these iheria porticos sheltered alike from ruin rain an nod bun served as publio public promenades and for nobial gatherings this pro provision ision g a dinst uncomfortable walking is till still observable in I 1 lit modern style sty la of building in italy let every house honsa of any mark has its or covered walk it to la io in this temple of jupiter that all great I 1 tato debates took place that the 11 sybilline syb sybil illino line books were wera kept that tho the v victors came cama after the battle battla to render thanks and wh 0 tho the triumphal pro cess ces sessions cessions issued fr from om mr kle glenry bayle Bl lyle a abrown observer in matters of art as well as aa of history at tributes to these public military groces 8 ions a far greater import than we generally concede to them says that this custom introduced into rome the great element of representative govern government meat and 0 pinion opinion the iho venetian aristocracy anstoc ruoy according to him became torpid from tho the absence of such manifestations to any ono one who has made a compa comparativo dative study of tho the two nations tho the roman and an a vord voni tian the remark will prove suggestive in many etil tho the temple of japi ter Capito lions still I 1 existed at the time of charlemange but in in the eleventh el ev century it was found in rules ruins now ilow is it that christianity olsea here so be ready to take possession of pagan ell edifices I 1 floes to convert them to holier uses did not aeve something Bom ething of thin grot great historic piece of architecture tho the church of ara chull which stands on one of the tha capitoline cummi to can 1 scarcely be ba sold said to bo be its brucce rucce saor f 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