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Show iROME IN HER GLORY- THE IMPERIAL CITY RESTORED FROM RUINS DY ARCHITECT. Study of the Present Remains Which Have Been Uncovered Has Enabled En-abled German Artist to Achieve a Notable Work. Imperial Homo restored on pnpor but nevertheless riMtorosd, Is the triumph of n (Ionium ut'tlat and architect archi-tect mimed 0, Onttnocht, who has based li In plausible reconstruction upon tho results of Slgnor Honl's excavations ex-cavations in the neighborhood of tho Forum. In thoso pictures of Ilerr Onttnocht Ontt-nocht n satisfying vision of ancient Homo may be obtained. It la tho topography of tho i;reat capital, howovcr, that Is presented, being nn architect's rendering from plans, fragments and measurements. Tho llfo of tho Imperial City Is, of course, lacking. Yet, while tho restored re-stored Stadium of tho Palatine pictures pic-tures that groat track as deserted, It Is concolvnblo that such a plnco was, oven In tho palmiest days of Home, solitary, peaceful and dovold of llfo. In tho reconstructed Forum nnd on Pnlntlno Hill evldonco of living Homo Is marked. Artificially, perhaps, but still In keeping with tho ncccptud I dca of Honian llfo. In tho picture showing tho Forum In its heyday, tho groat building In tho background Is tho Basilica Aenillln, and to tho right of It Ib tho Templo of tho Dollied Julius, which was built by Augustus. Below It Is tho Hostrum Jtilln, on which woro plncod tho beaks of tho Hhlps taken nt Actlum. On tho left Is tho rostrum propor, whero orators addressed ad-dressed tho Curios. As tho artist Includes tho column of Phocas, which Is tho first ono toward tho spoctntor, tho view of tho Forum must represent It nt n comparatively lato day. At that time A. q. COS tho glory of Imperial Homo renlly had departed. Tho city had been sacked C2 years before, hut tho barbarians hnd carried away only portable loot. Tho ruin of tho magnificent buildings, Bomo of which havo boon found under 110 feet of rubbish nnd earth, occurred later. Not only It is a truism to say that "Homo wns not built In n day," but It might bo added that It Is a city which by SIgnor Bonl hnvo cnrrlod tho archaeologist's spnde nnd pick deeper than over they woro employed Nforc-nnd Nforc-nnd ns n result it has been brought to light Hint boforo tho time of Homuhn Its reputed founder, the city was old. In fact, there havo been uncovered traces of Celtic occupnncy, probably while that people woro In trnnslt to tholr final homo In the wc3t of lhiropc. . Homo's architectural glories, however, how-ever, wero nt their height In the tlmo of tho empire, when the world, as the countries bordering tho Mediterranean collectively woro known In ICurope, wore ruled from "tho seven hills" on tho Tiber. ICvon In tho days of Its triumphs tho real city was confined IMP The Palatine Hill Rettored. to tho valleys between these hills. The streets and alloys voro narrow; thoso which led over tho hills appear to hnvo been Intended only for foot passengers, and to hnvo consisted of Immense flights of stairs. Tho ono street, which wound an Irregular cotirso between the pnlntlno nnd tho Cnpltollnc, which cxcnvntlons hnvo uncovered, wns so nenrly llko n mod-orn mod-orn thoroughfnro that It beenmo known ns VIn TrlumphnllB- nnd Via Sncrn. It wns fairly broad, compnra-tlvoly compnra-tlvoly straight, nnd wns a common avenuo for mon, horses nnd vehicles. Tho gorgeous processions, tho trl-umpnlil trl-umpnlil entries of tho Cnesars, had this street for their scone. At tho Colossoum, VIn Appln led out from tho city, n. road still fnmlllnr to the tourist tour-ist ns tho Applnn Way. lmi.fliWfliithJr1i m .iflAt. |