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 EXPLORATIONS IN KOME. :^'')7 ncss, that the temple of Julius Crcsar was here ; now we see that both were side by side, with a mere passage between them, between the corner of tlic Palatine and the temple of Antoninus and Faustina. Wc may expect soon to find the foundations of the arch that stood here also. Close to these i-cmains of the temple of Julius C?csar some fragments of a set of Fasti Consulares were also found, containing the first two lines beginning with the first King, llomulus, the son of Mars. The inscription on one of these is — ' KCMYLVS • MAirn.S • F " REX ' ANA * * * DE CAEN1NEN:^1I3VS K " MAT ' ' ' MARTIS -F • EEX • II. This tablet (tabula) is of the time of Augustus, and of course can only show the belief of the Romans at that period. The early character of the construction of the walls of the great prison of the kings, is really stronger evidence, because it shows that this building was erected at the time when Livy and Dionysius say it was. Another great pubhc building ad- joining this has also been more carefully examined during this season. Although no recent cvcavations have been actually made there, a good deal of exploration has taken place, and so much information that was new and unexpected has been found, that it has excited a great deal of public attention. This great public building belongs to the earlier ]iart of the liistory of Itome ; it forms one side of the Forum llomanum, though not actually in it, having been separated from it by the old wall that enclosed the Capitoline Hill, before its union with the Palatine. In this wall was the gate of Saturn, some slight remains of the foundations of which have been brought to light, between the temple of Saturn and the temple of Concord. This great building was originally called the Capi- folium ; it is now called the jMuuicipinvi, because it contains, and always has contained, the offices of the municipality ; but these offices occupy the two upper storeys only, which are above the level of the Piazza del Campidoglio, an open square on the Capitoline Hill. On this side the building is only two storeys high, and the front was rebuilt by 3Iichael Angelo. P>ut on the side next the Forum, the building, being buiTt against the cliff of the hill, is there five storeys high, the upper two being the only part inhabited. There is reason