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204 POMPEIANA.
In the Forum was also the senate-
house; the curia, for the assemblies of
augustals and priests, for cognizance of
sacred matters; the comitia, for assemblies
of the people; the nymphasum; asrarium,
or treasury ; record office, and public gra-
naries.
The Forum of Pompeii was thus sur-
rounded by public and other buildings:
but the particular destination of each must
still remain in obscurity, since neither
inscriptions nor other data remain, from
which conjecture can be fully borne out
in assigning to each its ancient use. By
the remains of the old arcade on the east
side, it would appear, that at the period
of the first eruption of Vesuvius, it was
undergoing a total change in character, if
not in form: the old arches were giving
place to a colonnade of the Doric order,
of which more than two of the three sides
were already completed. The columns,
9, feet 3£ inches diameter, were of three
In the Forum was also the senate-
house; the curia, for the assemblies of
augustals and priests, for cognizance of
sacred matters; the comitia, for assemblies
of the people; the nymphasum; asrarium,
or treasury ; record office, and public gra-
naries.
The Forum of Pompeii was thus sur-
rounded by public and other buildings:
but the particular destination of each must
still remain in obscurity, since neither
inscriptions nor other data remain, from
which conjecture can be fully borne out
in assigning to each its ancient use. By
the remains of the old arcade on the east
side, it would appear, that at the period
of the first eruption of Vesuvius, it was
undergoing a total change in character, if
not in form: the old arches were giving
place to a colonnade of the Doric order,
of which more than two of the three sides
were already completed. The columns,
9, feet 3£ inches diameter, were of three