IN THE

NINETEENTH CENTURY;

CONTAINING

A COMPLETE ACCOUNT

OF THE RUINS OF THE ANCIENT CITY,
THE REMAINS OF THE MIDDLE AGES, AND THE
MONUMENTS OF MODERN TIMES.

WITH

REMARKS

ON THE FINE ARTS, ON THE STATE OF SOCIETY,
AND ON THE RELIGIOUS CEREMONIES, MANNERS, AND CUSTOMS,
OF THE MODERN ROMANS.

Printed by James Ballantyne and Company,

FOR ARCHIBALD CONSTABLE AND CO. EDINBURGH:
AND HURST, ROBINSON, AND CO. LONDON.

1822.

CONTENTS

OF

VOLUME SECOND.

PAGE.

LETTER XXIV.

Ancient Temples-Temple of Piety-Roman Daughter

Temple of Janus-Temple of Bellona-and Temple of

Mars-Oracles-Pagan Priests, Rites, &c.

LETTER XXV.

The Circus and Circus Games.

LETTER XXVI.

Roman Theatres-Theatre of Pompey-Theatre of Mar-

cellus.

LETTER XXVII.

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Ancient Therma-Vestiges of the Baths of Agrippa and

Constantine, of the pretended Baths of Paulus Æmi-

lius, ard of the Baths of Santa Helena-The Thermæ

of Caracalla-Piscina Publica.

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LETTER XXX.

PAGE.

The Thermæ of Titus-House of Mecenas-Ancient

Paintings-Arabesques-Raphael-Laocoon-Church

of S. S. Martino e Sylvestro-Poussin's Paintings-

Subterranean Church-Masses and Martyrdoms of the

Early Christians-Carmelite Monks-Sette Salle.

LETTER XXXI.

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Thermæ of Diocletian-Rotondo, or Church of S. Ber-

nardo-Gymnastic Theatre-Great covered Hall of the

Baths, or Church of the Carthusians-Domenichino's

Fresco of St Sebastian-Tomb of Salvator Rosa, and Carlo

Maratti-Bianchini's Meridian-Carthusian Monks-

Villa Massima-Bibliotheca Ulpia-The Eighty Thou_

sand Martyrs-Diocletian-Thermæ of Constantine-

Ruin of the Thermæ.

LETTER XXXII.

Bridges-The Ancient and Modern Bridges of Rome-

Bridges over the Anio-Ponte Lamentano-The Sacred

Mount, and the Two Retreats of the Roman People to

it-Menenius Agrippa-Villa of Phaontes, the Scene of

the Death of Nero-Ponta Salara-Combat of Torqua-

tus with the Gaul-Hannibal's Camp-Bridges of An-

cient Rome, of England, &c.

LETTER XXXIII.

Arches-Arch of Claudius Drusus-Triumphal Arches

of Titus, of Septimius Severus, and of Constantine-

Arch of Gallienus-Arch of Dolabella and Sylanus-

Arch of St Lazarus-The destroyed Arches of Marcus

Aurelius, Claudius and Gordian.

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