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Show a nyiTTrrn - tie (SPCCIAL COQtt3VOHV..) When tho summer reaches Its height nd tho days nro hot and tho air Is heavy, tho dweller In Itomo seeks for temporary coolness on the shores of the mediterranean. Along tho western west-ern coast, from north to Bouth, thero ' nro numerous scasldo resorts, most of them occupying sites already rendered ren-dered colobrated In ancient history as having beon choson by the wealthy patricians of Imperial Korae. Notablo as all tho places on this coast are, thero Is perhaps nono so beautiful by naturo nnd so Interest ing In Its memories as tho shore that lies on cither sldo of tho little town of Porto d'Anzlo. which has usurped the name and tho site of tho onco celebrated cel-ebrated Antlum. Horo tho curve of spray, retain such traces ot ancient grandeur as tlmo and man hao -in red. And tho traveler who so accurately and eloquently describes tlipe remains re-mains a ids that "to conjecturo further Uio ningnllleenco of this Koronlnn Tort, It is sufficient to eay that tho Apollo Belvedere of tho Vatican was tound nmoi.g its ruins. And men now tho shingle on which wo walk li composed com-posed of broken and crumbled mar blcs of ovory precious quality, around, rounded and polished Into pebbles, by that most Industrlcut, of lapidaries. the fretting sea." Tho historian of Antlum, Calccdonlo Soffrcdlnl, notes that tho Aufldlus family wns of Antlum, and this is proved by mnny episodes of Roman history and by tho Inscription on stono regarding Q. Aufldlus Frontone round amidst the ruins of the Templo of Ksculaplus, in which this god Is described as presiding over Antlum and as being tho tutelary deity of tho Aufldlus family. Tho first of tho raeo, according to tho samo local historian, Is said to havo beon that Attus Aullus, as Dion-yslus Dion-yslus and Levy call him, or Tullus Aufldlus, as Plutarch names him, and who received In his house at Antlum tho banished Corlolanus when exiled WjWtKtjniBB'BBBBMWBLrfBSgB?, MirT'Jrt n i0 i3b2jHBHEBBBBflBi!!!jV i ... .... . . Ruins of a Summer Palace. the coast Is as gentlo as tho bend of p scimitar; tho sea Is as peaceful as n placid lako; tho distant hills aro exquisitely ex-quisitely varied In outline and In color and tho evening light reveals tho whlto pearl-liko cities on their heights; while nway in tho distance tho lonely tower of Astura, and tho tarther promontory of Monto Clreco. complcto tho features of n vlow that in plcturesquoness as well as In legend leg-end and story may well bo deemed unique. However small and moan Anzlo may look now It is a city that has a past, going back even into tho legendary legen-dary ago. It Is now a fishing village, nnd in tho summer a bathing station. Modern villas, with tho pretty attractions attrac-tions ot tho present day, lino tho curved shoro that ends at Netluno, n couplo ot miles nwny. As you walk along tho Hex bordered road between tho two towns tho sound of tho piano is heard of an ovenlng, and youthful voices aro raised In song. Crowds flood tho placo on holidays Such Is Anzlo to-day; what it was In the past is suggested by its history, and by tho remains ot onco noble mansions man-sions lining tho shore and oven invading in-vading tho sea Itself. On tho other tide ot tho llttlo town Is what has Leon described as a moro Interesting curve, tho cliffs whereof are Roman masonry, from which sometimes shapeless masses havo rolled llko bowlders Into tho waters; but which sometimes present symmetrical recesses re-cesses and deep arcades, kept clean washed by tho waves whon high; and occasionally rising lofty nbove their Irom Rome. Tho exiled noble having assumed tho loadcrshlp of n Volsclan at my, conquered tho confederate cities nnd threatened to destroy Romo itself. it-self. How tho danger ot Rome was avoided Is told with much pathos by Shakespeare. It Is strango to think that Corlola-i.up Corlola-i.up should bo legendary, and that Tullus Aufldlus should bo real. Thero must be reality in tho founder ot a family, for the namo Aufldlus ot Antlum An-tlum endures for a period of no less than soven centuries. Cicero In hla work, "Do Oratoie," warmly praises tho ability of Onolus Aufldlus in jurisprudence; jur-isprudence; another Aufldlus fought in tho Asiatic war under Sortorlus, and being condemned to death by Porapoy for conspiracy ho sought refuge ref-uge among the barbarians. In tho Inscriptions In-scriptions on tombs discovered on the Grablna Prcncstlna Way, there Is mention men-tion ot n certain Aufidla Torguata Masslma, and of an Aufidla Tuccla Masslma, both vestal virgins. Tho latest mention of tho namo In history his-tory Is probably that of C. Vettius Aufldlus Attlcus, who was consul In the year A. D. 242. All around Antlum, between this "goodly city" and Rome, tho whole country recalls to mind the story of Corlolanus as mado familiar to modern mod-ern readers by the great drama ot the English poet. Hore tho very Btage directions, di-rections, or statomont of scenery, as-tlsts as-tlsts tho tale "A highway botweon Rome and Antlum" Is the sceno on which a Roman Ro-man and a Volsclan meet to discuss ? Wn HiP v fen Slj&Ll Once a Patrician Home. ho bantshmont of Corlolanus and Its consequi ncus You know Unit Uio place wluio they met la near Antlum, tor tho VolhL-Inn says: "You havo well saved mo n day's Journey." nnd that Is about tho distance" between tho two cities Nearer still to Romo, on n solitary tound hill on tho southern slopo of tho Alban mount, a sort of fort. nail tarm-house tarm-house Is nil that marks tho elto of tho once glorious Corioll, whoso nrmles threatened tho very existence of Rome Itself. Only one house to show whoro Corioll stood' |
