﻿THE 
  SPLENDOR 
  OF 
  ROME 
  

  

  599 
  

  

  So 
  long 
  as 
  men 
  read 
  

   and 
  remember, 
  Rome 
  

   cannot 
  die. 
  But 
  her 
  

   history 
  is 
  hardly 
  one 
  

   for 
  a 
  peace 
  advocate. 
  

   Greece 
  lives 
  by 
  art 
  

   and 
  letters, 
  but 
  Rome 
  

   by 
  war. 
  Except 
  for 
  

   very 
  brief 
  intervals, 
  

   through 
  seven 
  hun- 
  

   dred 
  years 
  the 
  Temple 
  

   of 
  Janus 
  stood 
  open, 
  

   and 
  through 
  conflict 
  

   Rome 
  grew 
  in 
  riches, 
  

   population, 
  and 
  power. 
  

   The 
  theory 
  that 
  na- 
  

   tions 
  thrive 
  best 
  in 
  

   times 
  of 
  peace 
  was 
  not 
  

   hers 
  ; 
  they 
  thrive 
  upon 
  

   conquest, 
  and 
  a 
  weak 
  

   one 
  merits 
  its 
  slavery, 
  

   she 
  seems 
  to 
  say. 
  Re- 
  

   member 
  that 
  she 
  was 
  

   pagan. 
  There 
  was 
  no 
  

   thought 
  in 
  her 
  of 
  a 
  

   universal 
  brotherhood 
  

   of 
  men. 
  

  

  It 
  would 
  be 
  pleasant 
  

   to 
  write 
  here 
  that 
  

   Christian 
  Rome 
  was 
  

   successful 
  and 
  peace- 
  

   ful, 
  but 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  true; 
  

   she, 
  too, 
  warred 
  — 
  less 
  

   victoriously 
  and 
  more 
  

   viciously. 
  

  

  The 
  last 
  of 
  the 
  Re- 
  

   public, 
  the 
  first 
  of 
  the 
  

   Empire, 
  were 
  the 
  days 
  

   of 
  Rome's 
  political 
  

   greatness, 
  of 
  her 
  

   wealth, 
  her 
  pride, 
  her 
  

   power. 
  Out 
  of 
  them 
  

   there 
  come 
  to 
  us 
  un- 
  

   countable 
  inspiring 
  

   stories, 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  

   Forum, 
  to 
  whose 
  tem- 
  

   ples 
  she 
  brought 
  trib- 
  

   ute 
  from 
  all 
  the 
  world, 
  

   we 
  may 
  stage 
  them; 
  

   out 
  of 
  its 
  ruins 
  an 
  

   archeologist 
  or 
  a 
  

   dreamer 
  can 
  readily 
  reconstruct 
  the 
  busy 
  

   meeting-place 
  as 
  it 
  was 
  in 
  the 
  time 
  of 
  

   Brutus, 
  or 
  Appius 
  Claudius, 
  or 
  Caesar. 
  

  

  Here, 
  under 
  the 
  shadow 
  of 
  the 
  Pala- 
  

   tine, 
  was 
  the 
  Temple 
  of 
  the 
  Vestals; 
  

   there 
  that 
  of 
  Castor 
  and 
  Pollux, 
  of 
  Venus 
  

  

  Photograph 
  by 
  A. 
  W. 
  Cutler 
  

  

  THE 
  ARCH 
  OP 
  TITUS 
  

  

  Spanning 
  the 
  highest 
  point 
  of 
  Sacra 
  Via 
  (see 
  page 
  594) 
  is 
  the 
  

   Arch 
  of 
  Titus, 
  erected 
  by 
  the 
  Senate 
  to 
  commemorate 
  the 
  taking 
  

   of 
  Jerusalem. 
  The 
  acts 
  that 
  made 
  Titus 
  famous 
  in 
  Rome 
  won 
  for 
  

   him 
  the 
  hatred 
  of 
  the 
  Jews, 
  who 
  were 
  marched 
  in 
  chains 
  in 
  the 
  

   procession 
  of 
  their 
  captors 
  and 
  forced 
  to 
  lay 
  the 
  stones 
  of 
  this 
  arch. 
  

   Through 
  the 
  arch 
  may 
  be 
  seen 
  the 
  towering 
  ruins 
  of 
  the 
  Colosseum. 
  

  

  and 
  Roma, 
  of 
  Saturn, 
  oldest 
  of 
  them 
  all; 
  

   of 
  Concord, 
  the 
  youngest. 
  Here 
  were 
  the 
  

   Julian 
  and 
  Constantine 
  basilicas 
  ; 
  over 
  

   there 
  the 
  Comitium, 
  where 
  the 
  patricians 
  

   met; 
  the 
  rostra, 
  whence 
  Rome 
  was 
  ha- 
  

   rangued. 
  Here 
  were 
  shops 
  and 
  porticos. 
  

  

  