The Bathe of Agrippa were inclosed within the space circumscribed by the square of the Pantheon, the street of the Theatre dells Valle, the street of the Stimmate, and that of flesh. They occupied a space about 500 feet from east to west and 700 feet from north to south. The Pantheon has been sometimes considered a part of these baths.
The Baths of Nero were situated on the ground which stretches from east to west between the square of the Pantheon and the square Della Madams. Eusebius fixes the date of their construction at A.D. 65. One hemicycle alone of these baths exists in the inn of the Piazza Rondanini.
The Baths of Caracalla, commenced about A.D. 212, and continued by Elagabalus and Alexander Severus, are situated on a prolongation of the Aventine, not far from the gate of San Sebastian. They are perhaps the most extensive ruins in Rome; but being stripped of their marbles, columns, stuccoes, end paintings, they consist only of vast and lofty walls, corbels, and niches of brick and tile, and for the ordinary spectator possess in this dilapidated state little interest. The ruins stand in three separate vineyards.
Tempks.—The ruins of the temple erected by 3Iaxentiue to the memory of his son Romulus, are vulgarly called the Stables of the Circus of Cancans. They are situated in a large inclosure forming part of the villa of Maxentius on the Appian Way, and about a mile from the gate of San Sebastian. The lower part or basement is purely sepulchral, with niches for the sepulchral urns. The ceiling is vaulted, and supported by a huge central pier.
The Temple of Vesta, situated in the Forum Boarium near the Tiber, was constructed in the time of the Antoninea It is of a pure Greek style. Twenty Corinthian columns, of which nineteen remain,
surrounded the circular cella, which was formed of masonry in the Greek taste. These columns are of Parian marble, and fluted; they are raised on a aeries of steps, most of which have been destroyed or removed. The ancient entablature and roof are wanting, and the latter is supplied by an ugly tile covering.
The Temple of Ceres and Proserpine, rebuilt by Tiberius, and now forming part of the church of Santa Maria in Cosmedin, is situated almost opposite the circular temple of Vesta. A part of the cella con structed with large masses of travertine, and eight columns of the peristyle, remain partly walled up in the church. The fluted white marble columns are in a good style, and of the composite order.
The Temple of Fortuna Virilis, orieinally built by Serving Tullius on the banks of the Tiber, was burnt and rebuilt in the time of the republic. It is of an oblong figure, constructed of travertine stone and tnfa, and Ituccoed with a fine and hard marble stucco. The hexastyle portico of the Ionia order has been walled up between the columns, and an engaged intercolumniation is continued on the walls of the cella. The temple is placed on a high moulded basement, and was ascended by a flight of steps. The columns support an entabla ture, the cornice is bold, and the frieze is decorated with festoons supported by infantine figures, and intermixed with skull' of oxen and candelabra.
The Temple of situated in the Forum Romanum, on the Clivos Capitolinus. On the entablature Is the following inscription:—