Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 200, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 August 1920 — Ancient Rome Clean City. [ARTICLE]

Ancient Rome Clean City.

The modern Rome is built on the site of the ancient field of Mars, a spot no less venerable than the Olympic stadium, where the Romans practiced the gymnastic exercises which,* as among the Greeks, contributed not a little to their military fame. The city, after it was rebuilt (for the Gauls burned the greater part of it), was grifdually improved; yet it always contained many houses of wood and many of bricks; the streets were irregular, tar the most part narrow, and the houses very high. Tile law,' 4 that none of those in the principal streets should exceed 70 feet in height, was Introduced in the time of Augustus, who established regulations for security against fires. The oldest work that has been maintained from the time of the kings to ( the present day are the astonishing Cloaca, which preserved the cleanliness of the city,. The aqueducts remain from the time of the consuls. //’