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entrancesj rcmam. The drawuig, No. 11, exhibits the prclent fiate of die niins of tliis
public cdificc; but I have omitted the trees which nearly fill u p the arena.
Contiguous to the amphitlieatre are the veftiges of a temple, fuppofed to have been
dedicated to ApoUo, of which the bare walls, which are of free-ilone, are the only remains.
The front portico, tlie roof, and tlie frize, which ornamented the round of tlie
temple, have eitiier been deilroyed or taken entirely away. That part which originally
formed the baiilica, is now converted into a flable, and moil of the cclla fanitior, or adytum,
into a pcafant's dwelling.
As the whol e of the fpot where this ancient city oncc flood is now ploughed up, and
divided into gardens and vineyards, the inhabitants of this village, when ploughing dieir
ground, liave at different times turned up remnants of marble columns, mutilated ftatues,
ums, fepulchral ftones with inicriptions well prefcrved. They have likewife found gold
and filver medals, many of which are in Ms Sardmian Majefty's collcilion, and fome in
the poffeflion of the Prince of Monaco.
The following infcription is a certain proof that Ccmenelion was, as I have before
nodced, the feat of a Roman prafes, orprefident, confequcntly lio inconliderable place.
P. AeJii. Sitvrim.
r. E. P.
PraefuU. Oftimo.
OrJo. Ccnw«.
The next is in praife of Marcus Aurelius Mafculus, who was then prasfes, and had
rendered great fervices to the city. It was found near the ruins of an aqueduit which conveyed
water to Ccmenelion.
M. Aunlk. Majculo.
r. E.
Ob. Extmiiun. PraeJiJatus
EJus. laicgrilalem. El
Egrcgiam. Ad. Omnes. Homines
MaTiJuctudmat. El. Urgcwis
Armonac. Siiccvani Praeli-
Ac. Mwnjicimiam. El.
Aj^ac.
Vfum. Vctuftalc. Lapfum. Be-
(^w/Uum. ac. Seferlum. Saeculi
PeltcUate. Curfui. Priftim
PidduUrit.
CoVcg. iU.
quH,. Ex. See. P. Eft.
Pa!mm. Digniss.
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