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Doc. 206.] 119
SWEDENBORG’S TRAVELS IN 1738.
now full of ruins. The Church of [S. Maria in] Araceli, or
Ara primogeniti dei, is said to have been built where the
Temple of Jupiter, which was so celebrated in ancient times,
formerly stood,* with its pillars, and which was burnt down ;
it is in the charge of the Franciscans. The first mile-stone
pointing to the Via Appia, which is square with an inscription,
is still here, with a column close by; on the opposite side is
its [modern] counterpart. The ashes of Hadrian are said to
have been here. A hundred and twenty-six steps lead up
to the church in Araceli; at the bottom of the steps leading
to the Capitol are two lions from the Temple of Isis and
Serapis ; at the top two large horses with Castor and Pollux ;
likewise the trophies of Marius. In the middle of the square
is a bronze statue which has been discovered and placed there ;
it is said to be that of [the Emperor] Marcus Aurelius, the
philosopher ; and further on [the river-gods] Nile and Tiber
with a fountain. On the left is the large statue of Morphorio
[Marforio], which is so called on account of having been found
in the Forum Martis ; there are also many old statues, and
likewise [as has long been supposed] the sarcophagus of
Alexander Severus and his mother Mammæa,† besides Egyp
tian idols, etc. The gallery of the Capitol [Museo Capito
lino] contains a great number of fine statues, of emperors,
gladiators, &c., two of which are of great value ; likewise
busts of all the philosophers, Plato, two of Cicero, and a hundred
others ; in another room are busts of the wives and daughters
of emperors, two handsome ones of Agrippina, two also were
noticed with peruques, one of which could be taken off; be
sides many other princes, and likewise popes ; Sixtus V is
there in bronze ; the law of Titus Vespasian is there written
.
on a tablet by Clement XI. In the building on the other
side [Palazzo del Conservatore] are many interesting ob
jects ; in the court is the largest statue in existence of the
Emperor Commodus and a still larger one of Domitianus.‡
According to modern authorities it stands on the place formerly
occupied by a temple of Juno Moneta.
+ Swedenborg, instead of Mammæa, says Julia, but incorrectly.
These colossal statues are probably those of Tiberius and Claudius
now in Room V of the Museum in the Lateran.
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