Inter-Mountain Republican | 1908-03-29 | Page 1 | Puzzling Hunt for Temple of Jupiter

EOR TEMPLE O OF JUPITER I II I I I Work of Roman Excavators Is s Producing Some Remarkable Remarkable Re Re- markab e Results an lican Special Cable Rome nome March 28 The Thc The excavations ns of or the lie Forum orum by llo Bon the lie famous archaeologist li are ale producing lag Ins some comae remarkable ble results SIgnor Boni Doni is attempting to solve the question of ot the exact position of the tho Temple of I Jupiter Stator which classical writers describe as all being situated on the north slope of Palatine hill and which until now was supposed to have havo stood beneath beneath be be- neath the Palatine and the time Arch o Titus Those These remains are now how how- ever suppo supposed e to be a a. reconstruction The f Temple ml lc of Stator owed its origin to a vow made by Romulus during a battle between Romans Homans and antI Sables Romulus merely merol built bunt a a. sacred sacred sacred sa sa- cred enclosure the temple being built about 29 1 B B. C C. Near Neal the lie Arch of or Titu Signup Signor Boni has bias found foun two parallel I walls bearing the tIme well known marks that aro aze found on the Republican city walla ralls Should these prove e to bo be tile the remains of ot tho the great arc ate are on on the spot where the senate sometimes met and where Cicro pronounced his Ills first attack attack at at- tack upon upon A well found foun close to the walls contained con con- utensils dating from tho the second and anti third centuries B. B C C. a vase decoration decoration decoration deco deco- ration consisting of a 11 womans woman's head lead weights lamps and various valous articles arti arU cles eleB of black lne poter pot not tery er