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Excerpt from Flora of the Colosseum of Rome, or Illustrations and Descriptions of Four Hundred and Twenty Plants Growing Spontaneously Upon the Ruins of the Colosseum of Rome And most imposing of all the vast ruins of Ancient Rome. It was built, according to Suetonius (nero on the spot which was previously occupied by the lake or large pond attached to Nero's palace, and is situated near to the remains of the Baths of Titus, which appear to be built on a part of the foundations of the palace of N ero, on the Esquiline Hill; opposite to it on the north-west side was the. 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.