purpose of the monument, the name of its builder or restorer, and the date, there are others of great importance,—for example, the so-called Capitolane Base,[1] a pedestal now standing in the palazzo dei Conservatori. This pedestal and the statue which it supported were dedicated to the emperor Hadrian in 136 A.D. by the vicomagistri of five of the city regions, and on the sides of the base are cut the names of the various officials of the vici, together with the names of the vici themselves. The Monumentum Ancryanum,[2] the bronze tablets placed by Augustus on his mausoleum in Rome, which were reproduced at Ancrya in Asia Minor and also at Apollonia, contains an invaluable list of the buildings which Augustus either erected or restored. The fragments of Roman calendars,[3] in their announcements of festivals and religious observances, contain much information with regard to the relative position of temples and shrines. Finally, the inscriptions stamped on tiles and bricks[4] are exceedingly valuable and trustworthy evidence in determining the date of structures in which they are found.
The Capitoline Plan (Forma Urbis Romae).—North of the Sacra via and a short distance east of the forum of Augustus, the emperor Vespasian erected a structure called in the middle ages templum Sacrae Urbis, which seems to have been used as a repository for municipal records and archives, particularly the results of the census and survey of the city, which were made by that emperor in the years 73-75.[5] The north wall of this temple was covered with marble blocks, on which was engraved a map or plan of the whole city. This plan may have been copied in part from an earlier one made by Agrippa, but was probably based on Vespasian's new data.
