of the Capitoline Hill, are visible the arcades of the Record Office, of which the greater portion still exists, though stripped of its architectural graces and built over and about in more modern times, in the state represented in FIG. 18.  Still higher on the summit to the left, with its gilded tiles glistening in the sun—­at least they were gilded within the next few years—­rises the most sacred structure of all, the building most closely identified in the Roman mind with the eternity of the empire.  This is the splendid temple of Jove, Supreme and Most Benign.  Of this edifice nothing considerable except its platform now remains, its site being occupied by an object of which the existence would have been inconceivable to the ancient Roman—­to wit, the German Embassy.  On the other summit, a fortified citadel to your right stands the temple of the consort of Jupiter.  In this shrine she was known as Juno Moneta, and since, attached to her temple in this citadel, was the office of the Roman coinage, her name Moneta has become familiar to modern mouths in the form of “the Mint.”  If you seek the place of this temple now, you must look for it under the Church of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli.

[Illustration:  FIG. 18.—­RUINS OF FORUM.]

[Illustration:  Photo, Anderson. (Record Office in background with modern building above.)]

Next, instead of looking up at the hill, glance to your left, and you will see running along that side of the Forum, beside the Sacred Way, a spacious public building known as the Basilica of Julius, that is to say, of Julius Caesar.  It is an edifice of a type familiar in cities of the Roman world.  You mount the steps from the Sacred Way and find yourself under an outer two-storied arcade suitable for lounging or promenading while discussing business or gossip with your friends.  Passing from this inwards you are in a building which consists of a covered colonnade, or nave, about 270 feet in length, with a row of pillars on either hand.  On each side is a gallery, or upper floor, from which spectators may look down upon the interior, or, from the outer side, upon the open Forum.  At the far end is a recess with a raised tribunal, shut off, if necessary, by railings.  In other basilicas there may be an apse at this point, similarly enclosed.  This serves as a court of justice, round which the curious may stand, or upon which listening spectators may gaze from the ends of the galleries above.  Meanwhile up and down the open space of the nave all kinds of verbal business may be transacted by appointment, exactly as such business used to be carried on in old St. Paul’s Cathedral in London or in churches elsewhere.  In what may be called the inner side-aisle are situated offices of various kinds, including those of sundry public corporations, boards, or commissions.  The whole of this great hall is paved with coloured marbles; its pillars are coated with marble; its ceiling is adorned with painting and gilt; it is embellished