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THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAC AZ IX 



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Photograph from Alexander Wilbourne Weddell 



THE MARKET GATE AT ATHENS 



This gate was erected by the Athenians about the beginning of our era with funds given 

 by Julius Caesar and Augustus. Through the arch can be seen a tablet erected in the time of 

 Hadrian, relating to the market prices of salt, oil, etc. One is amazed to think of prices so 

 unvarying that they could be graven in everlasting marble ; a second thought is that even under 

 Roman administration the public had to be protected against profiteers ! The gateway was 

 formerly crowned by a monument to Lucius Caesar, who was adopted by Augustus and died in 

 the year two of our era. 



