"In many a heap the ground
Heaves, as if Ruin in a frantic mood
Had done its utmost. Here and there appears,
As left to show his handiwork, not ours,
An idle column, a half-buried arch,
A wall of some great temple."
—Rogers
The Topography of the Forum.
Ancient Rome in the Light of Recent Discoveries. Rodolfo Lanciani. P. 82.
A Day in Ancient Rome. Edgar S. Shumway. Pp. 21, 43.
The Remains of Ancient Rome. J. H. Middleton. Vol. i, p. 231.
Ancient History. Hutton Webster. P. 636.
The Roman Capitol.
Eugene Lawrence. Harper's Magazine. Vol. xliv, p. 570.
The Rostra.