Gell, William; Gandy, John P. : Pompeiana: the topography, edifices and ornaments of Pompeii (Band 2) (London, 1824)

230 rOMPEIANA.

PLATE LII.

Restored view of the foregoing temple, and north
end of the Forum. On the left is the Doric
colonnade, great part of which remained to be
completed: over it rises the great granary, or
horrea. On the right is the building marked 3
upon the plan, and referred to page 210.
This temple brings to our recollection a passage of
Gibbon; who remarks, that "In the common-
wealth of Athens and Rome, the modest sim-
plicity of private houses announced the equal
condition of freedom ; whilst the sovereignty of
the people was represented by the majestice di-
fices destined to public use." The part to the
right had perhaps a second order, as two sizes of
columns are found upon the spot; but this re-
storation was imagined before the excavation had
fully laid open the part beyond the building
marked 3.

PLATE LIII.

View of the temple of Venus, or Bacchus.

The plan of the Forum (Plate 44) may be referred to
in explanation of this plate. The steps of the
temple have been much dislocated, and the altar
thrown out of the level, by the earthquake, which