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TEMPLE OF PEACE.
O Thou who bad’st thy turtles bear,
Swift from his grasp, thy golden hair,
And sought’st thy native skies!
Oh Peace, thy Injured robes upbind !
Collins.
Buildings, like books, have sometimes a disputed
authenticity 5 and it often happens that the question
as to their true founders is agitated with more viva-
city than in the case of authors and their writings, inas-
much as all their present value and interest depend on
our knowledge of their origin. This is particularly the
case with regard to the Temple of Peace. If the date
and purpose of its foundation, as popularly described, be
correct, it is one of the most interesting remains of an-
tiquity; but if tradition can be fairly convicted of error
in this instance, there is scarcely a ruin in Europe which
possesses less claim to regard.
According to the commonly received opinion, the
dilapidated and almost rude structure we are contem-
plating was begun by the Emperor Claudius, but com-
pleted by Vespasian, and dedicated to the goddess of
peace, on the successful termination of the Jewish war.
Josephus, after describing the pomp of the triumphs
which celebrated the final overthrow of his nation, says
that the conqueror determined on building a temple to
O Thou who bad’st thy turtles bear,
Swift from his grasp, thy golden hair,
And sought’st thy native skies!
Oh Peace, thy Injured robes upbind !
Collins.
Buildings, like books, have sometimes a disputed
authenticity 5 and it often happens that the question
as to their true founders is agitated with more viva-
city than in the case of authors and their writings, inas-
much as all their present value and interest depend on
our knowledge of their origin. This is particularly the
case with regard to the Temple of Peace. If the date
and purpose of its foundation, as popularly described, be
correct, it is one of the most interesting remains of an-
tiquity; but if tradition can be fairly convicted of error
in this instance, there is scarcely a ruin in Europe which
possesses less claim to regard.
According to the commonly received opinion, the
dilapidated and almost rude structure we are contem-
plating was begun by the Emperor Claudius, but com-
pleted by Vespasian, and dedicated to the goddess of
peace, on the successful termination of the Jewish war.
Josephus, after describing the pomp of the triumphs
which celebrated the final overthrow of his nation, says
that the conqueror determined on building a temple to