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Excerpt from The Eternal City, Vol. 2 of 2: Rome, Its Religions, Monuments, Literature and Art At least thirty-eight Of these important monuments were erected; many of them were standing at one and the same period, affording an admi rable illustration of Roman architecture from a very early date to the latest years of Imperial Rome; in a cer tain sense, a record in marble and stone of the Republic and the Empire. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.