upon the site of which a new quarter is being erected. Clear of the
houses is an interesting ruin miscalled the Temple of Venus Erycina.
This ruin is octagonal in form, with a domed roof. The interior is
divided into halls, and a vestibule leads into the central hall. The
walls have recesses for sculpture. The building was probably a
nymphæum.
Besides the palace, baths, and gardens, there was a portico, called
Milliarensis, from its thousand columns, in which the Emperor Aurelian
used to take exercise on horseback. The buildings were fired by the
soldiers of Alaric, who entered the city at the Salarian gate.
_From the Piazza S. Bernardo we take the_ VIA SUSANNA _into the_ VIA
S. NICCOLO DA TOLENTINO. _The first turning on the right_, VICOLO
FIAMME, _leads into the_ VIA DI S. BASILIO, _which leads to the_