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370 CLASSICAL TOUR Ch. X,
Ionic. To account for this irregularity, it is to
be remembered, that the edifices on the sides of
the hill shared the fate of the Capitol, in the
contest which took place between the parties of
Vespasian and Vitellius, and were rebuilt shortly
after by Titus and Domitian, and afterwards by
Constantine. Hence the word “ restitutum” in
the inscription, and hence the want of regularity
in some parts of such buildings, as were monu-
ments of republican Rome, and did not, perhaps,
enjoy the favor of the emperors. The triumphal
arch of Septimus Severus is nearly half buried
in the ground.
Ionic. To account for this irregularity, it is to
be remembered, that the edifices on the sides of
the hill shared the fate of the Capitol, in the
contest which took place between the parties of
Vespasian and Vitellius, and were rebuilt shortly
after by Titus and Domitian, and afterwards by
Constantine. Hence the word “ restitutum” in
the inscription, and hence the want of regularity
in some parts of such buildings, as were monu-
ments of republican Rome, and did not, perhaps,
enjoy the favor of the emperors. The triumphal
arch of Septimus Severus is nearly half buried
in the ground.