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Excerpt from Ave Roma Immortalis, Vol. 1 of 2: Studies From the Chronicles of Rome But down beneath the legend lies the fact, in hewn stones already far in the third thousand Of their years. Digging for truth, searchers have come here and there upon the first walls and gates Of the Palatine village, straight, strong and deeply founded. The men who made them meant to hold their own, and their own was whatsoever they were able to take from others by force. They built their walls round a four-sided space, wide enough for them, scarcely big enough a thousand years later for the houses Of their children's rulers, the pal aces of the Caesars Of which SO much still stands today. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.