The Pall Mall Magazine Volume 38 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1906 edition. Excerpt: ... built, and from the seats of the auditorium commands a fine view of the town and surrounding country; the auditorium is well preserved, but part of the scena has disappeared. This theatre is larger than the one at Pompeii, but smaller than those of Syracuse and Taormina. Two columns of the Capitol, which had been overthrown by an earthquake, have been recently re-erected, and form, next to the Arch of Trajan, the most imposing feature of the city. There remain also large baths, one of which includes three large halls and annexes, whilst various chambers--tcpidarium, frigidarium, and so on--are in wonderfully good preservation. The Romans were prone to adopt the gods of the countries they conquered, and to erect temples in their honour. Amongst the wild Berbers they probably failed to recognise any tangible god, therefore instead thereof, here in Timgad is raised a temple to The Genius 0/ the Colony. Another interesting ruin is the Schola, excavated in 1901, and considered by M. Ballu to be one of the most beautiful and remarkable of the monuments of fo rmerly supported a roof of some kind, and are finely carved with emblems of the trade which was carried on a t t h e tables below. For i nstance, one pilaster shows a small Bacchus, w i t li a vine and bunches of grapes on the reverse side. The ruins of Larabcesis, the military station of the famous third Roman legion, are close by. The Pratorium, a rectangular building, is the most important of these ruins, which have not been so well explored as those of Timgad. In a Reman villa closeto Lam bcesis a most remarkable mosaic was discovered only a few months ago, and for the moment has been placed in the little museum in the village. Hard by the gates of Timgad, an Arab market is held ever y Th u...