or Cacavo, into which flows a small river. AIkhU a mile from
the mouth o f this river art.- the ruins o f a pranarv, Imilt hy the
emperor Hadrian in the year I I t ) . /Klins S|)artiamis afliritts, that,
o f the numerous works every where crecttal hy this cm|icror.
he inseribeil his name on no one hut the teni]>le he hnilt to his
predecessor Trajan; yet we find it here, with those o f his father
and grandfather by adoption, Trajan and Nerva, whoso most pm-
bably' were the busts over the entrance. At a sliort d istmcc
fixtm iliis is an elegant rescnoir, o f which likewise a view is
given: and somewhat more than a mile farllicr inland arc the
remains o f a spacious theatre, witli many other ntiiis, which clearly
indicate, tliat some ancient city o f considerable magnitude once
existed here. This the vast number o f ciirions sepulchres in the
vicinity farther confirm; all o f which appear to have Iwcn opened,
though vases containing ashes arc still to Ix; found in some o f
them. There arc besides sepulchral grots cut in the rock, the
architecture and sculptures o f which deserve notice.
»01)1 le s r a in e s d 'u n f tm iie r , .j o e r e in p e r r o r A d n e n fit c o n u r a in : e n I lü . Æ llu » S|)a r-
lia n p s sw u t r q u e d e s n om b r a n i m o n um e n * e fe vd s d e to u t e s |o r l* j o r c e t rn)[>ereur,
le t em p le q u 'il fit U n e i r iio n n e u r d e t o n prd d e r c steu r T r s j s n fut le »eu] o ù il v o u lû t
q u 'o n im c n v ii « on n om ; c rp rm la n t o n le t r o u v e *ur c e b i l im e n l . « v e c c r u * d e Mm
pè r e e t d e Mm g n n d - p c r e pa r a d o p t io n . Trayan e t X e r r a , d o n t il rat irèa v ra i« rm b lab lr
q u e W bo « tr* é to ie n i au-<lr%»u« d e r c n in ^ . A peu d e d ia la n r e d e U rat u n »>rau rrarrvoir.
d o n t o n t r o u r e r e ic i b v u e . e t à e n v ir o n u n e d em id i e u e dan * le* terre* o n v««t le* rr*lra
d 'u n v a * tc th é â tr e , a v e c plu* ieura autr e* ruin r* . q u i in d iq u e n t c b ir rm rm q u 'il y a r u
a o t r e io i* e n c e t en d r o it u u c v ill e conwdé raWr , C r * i c c q u e r o n f im ir le g r an d n om -
br e d e c u r ieu x tom b r a u x q u 'o n tr o u v e au x en v ir o n » , e t ib n * q uH q tie* .u n * drM|urU.
q u o iq u 'o n le* a il t o u s ou v e r t* . *ont e n c o r e le * urne* q u i rm f r rm r n t le* r en dr e* . Kn
o u t r e , il y a de» g r o tte» » épa lc ra lc* u i llé c » dan» le ro c e t d o n t r a r c h iic r t iir c e t la iw.ulp-
tu r e * ont d ign e » d 'ê t r e r elev ée» .
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