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THE LANDSCAPE ANNUAL.
discharges itself into the Tibur a little above Rome. It
must have been originally a place of some importance, if
an opinion may be formed from the appearance of its
ruins, and the mention made of it by the earlier historians.
There are now, however, but few traces of its former
splendour. Its extent and situation are alone marked by
a few mouldering remains which time has yet spared
from destruction. In one part of the town there are some
old walls and a few arches, which are partly stopped up,
forming part of what is supposed to have been an ancient
temple to Hercules. Among these ruins may be still
distinctly traced in very large characters the following
inscription: Domus Herculi Sacra, a house consecrated
to Hercules.
In other parts of the town there are various antique
marbles, let into the walls to preserve them from farther
injury, bearing curious inscriptions, one of which is the
basis of a statue erected by L. Licinius, in honour of
Aulus Pompeius, for his having extricated this municipal
city from some pressing danger. There is also a fine
pedestal, which anciently supported a statue of Titus
Flaminius. Near the cathedral is an antique marble,
with a mutilated inscription, from which may be gathered
that the inhabitants of Terni, wishing to compliment
Tiberius, caused this inscription to be set up after he
had destroyed his insolent favourite Sejanus. The ruins
of the amphitheatre are still shown in the gardens of the
episcopal palace they only consist of some vaults and
other trifling remains, from which not enough can be
traced of its former proportions to convey the slightest
interest.
THE LANDSCAPE ANNUAL.
discharges itself into the Tibur a little above Rome. It
must have been originally a place of some importance, if
an opinion may be formed from the appearance of its
ruins, and the mention made of it by the earlier historians.
There are now, however, but few traces of its former
splendour. Its extent and situation are alone marked by
a few mouldering remains which time has yet spared
from destruction. In one part of the town there are some
old walls and a few arches, which are partly stopped up,
forming part of what is supposed to have been an ancient
temple to Hercules. Among these ruins may be still
distinctly traced in very large characters the following
inscription: Domus Herculi Sacra, a house consecrated
to Hercules.
In other parts of the town there are various antique
marbles, let into the walls to preserve them from farther
injury, bearing curious inscriptions, one of which is the
basis of a statue erected by L. Licinius, in honour of
Aulus Pompeius, for his having extricated this municipal
city from some pressing danger. There is also a fine
pedestal, which anciently supported a statue of Titus
Flaminius. Near the cathedral is an antique marble,
with a mutilated inscription, from which may be gathered
that the inhabitants of Terni, wishing to compliment
Tiberius, caused this inscription to be set up after he
had destroyed his insolent favourite Sejanus. The ruins
of the amphitheatre are still shown in the gardens of the
episcopal palace they only consist of some vaults and
other trifling remains, from which not enough can be
traced of its former proportions to convey the slightest
interest.