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front of the augural chair an open space where the 
altar was placed. This open space is well repre- 
sented in the ruin in question by the larger terrace 
which covers half the plan of the building. 
The remains which M. Rosa recognises as those 
of the Temple of Jupiter Victoi - , marked K. in the 
plan, are situated to the south-east of the Augwra- 
torium, near the Nymphceum of the palace, and it 
will be seen that the wall of the apartment in the 
rear of the last named runs parallel with the east 
side of the supposed temple, as those of other build- 
ings do with the western wall. We are told by 
Titus Livius that the Temple of Jupiter Victor was 
built in pursuance of a vow of Fabius Maximus 
during the Samnite war, and the character of the 
constructions laid open accords with this. It is 
impossible to doubt that this temple was situate on 
Mount Palatine, from the following passage : — 
“ Palatinus continet aream palatinam . . . cedes Jovis 
Victor is' ’ — (Notitia urbis, reg. x.); and in Curioswm 
urbis it is stated that the temple is situated between 
the Auguratorium, the Area palatina, and the 
Domus Dionis. M. Rosa says, in the first place 
the disposition of the structure resembles what we 
see in that of some of the principal temples yet 
visible in ancient Latium, as, for instance, those of 
Hercules triumphans, at Tivoli, and of Castor and 
Pollux, at Tusculum. As in those temples, so in 
the remains of the one now discovered on the Pala- 
tine Mount, the approach is by imposing flights of 
steps alternating with landing-places or platforms ; 
those commence from the road which runs along the 
front of the edifices constructed at the foot of the 
mount towards the Circus Maximus. The greater 
portion of the principal platform, which may be 
called the A rea Sacra of the temple, is still entire, 
while the temple itself, standing on a much higher 
level, contains, although in a dilapidated state, re- 
mains of steps divided into two flights by another 
platform. The remains of its walls are in square 
work, that is to say, of hewn blocks of tufa or 
volcanic stone, in horizontal layers, but of irregular 
sizes, while the sub-basement, which supports the 
lower platform on the slope of the hill, is formed 
of stones of irregular form laid in cement — or 
“ irregular reticulated ” or “ ashlar ” work. 
M. Rosa is now seeking for the ruins of the 
Tugurium Faustuli, which he places between the 
Auguratorium and the Temple of Jupiter Victor. 
Wherever his excavations have been completed he 
has decorated the sides of the cuttings with flowers 
and shrubs, and has moreover set up a number of 
finger-posts bearing quotations from Solimus, Varro, 
Tacitus, Ovid, Titus Livius, and other authors, in 
order to add interest to the ruins. We doubt not that 
amongst the visitors to those uncovered records of 
the past our own countrymen will form a consider- 
able proportion, and therefore we hope our readers 
will thank us for this account of what has been 
done, and is still in progress, towards the illustra- 
tion of the history of the seven hills of the eternal 
city. It is curious that the downfall of a modern 
Italian kingdom should thus have given rise to so 
much information being gathered concerning the 
cradle of its fathers ; and it would be unfair to for- 
get that one of the effects of the Italian war has 
been the placing of the Farnese gardens in the hand 
of Napoleon the Third, with whose name and that 
of his learned and zealous agent, the Palace of the 
Ctesars, the Temples of Jupiter, and the rostrum of 
the Augurs must for ever be associated. 
DESCRIPTION OF THE PLAN. 
I. Tablinum of the Palace of the Cmsars. 
II. 
Basilica 
do. 
do. 
do. 
III. 
Lararium 
do. 
do. 
do. 
IV. 
Triclinium 
do. 
do. 
do. 
V. Nymphasum, or Hall of Fountains. 
VI. Entrance Hall, leading- to the Peristylium from the old 
road by the house of Tiberius. 
VII. Small chambers. 
VIII. Dependencies of the Basilica and the Tablinum. 
IX. Library. 
X. Academy. 
A, B, C. Entrances to the Palace from the Atrium. 
D, E, F. Entrances from the Area qjalatina. 
H. The Peristylium. 
J. The Auguratorium. 
K. Temple of Jupiter Victor. 
L. Entrance to the Palace by the old road from the west. 
M. Central Peristyle of the private palace. 
N. N. Principal facade of the buildings of Caligula. 
O. 0, P, P. Successive additions since Nero down to Adrian. 
Nos. 1 and 2. Position (supposed) of the Curice vetcres. 
3. 
Do. 
do. 
do. Ancus Martius. 
4. 
Do. 
do. 
do. Tarquin. 
5. 
Do. 
do. 
do. Clodius. 
6. 
Do. 
do. 
do. Cicero. 
7. 
Do. 
do. 
Domus ptijblica inhabited 
by Caesar. 
8. 
Do. 
do. 
wood and Temple of 
Vesta. 
9. 
Do. 
do. 
cavern and steps of 
Cacus. 
The dotted lines show 
1 ancient Rome. 
the supposed perimeter of the 
HOLBEIN IN GERMANY.* 
By H. Ward. 
PART II. 
B OLD as youth and health and genius could 
make him, young Hans Holbein set forth on 
his travels. As lie left the school of high art in 
* Holbein und seine Zeit : von Dr. Alfred Woltmann. 
Erster Theil. Blit 31 Holzschnitten und eincr Photo-litho- 
grapliie. Leipzig, 1866. 
BASLE. 
which lie had been born, he may have dreamed of 
going to Italy ; but for a time, at least, he turned 
a little westward and halted at Basle. His first 
work there has never been questioned. This was a 
signboard. It was not unconnected with the 
Muses ; for it swung at the door of a poor school- 
