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HISTORY OF MALTA.

There are no ruins now existing either of the temples erectedat that epoch, or of the theatre near the Temple of Apollo:there have indeed been found, at the bottom of the Marsa,some remains of a vast mole which bounded the port.

Among the monuments which evince the dominion of theRomans over the island, and the privileges continued to begranted to the inhabitants by the emperors, are medals, in-scriptions, and statues. There are none of the former with theeffigy of the emperor. Some have a head of Juno (PI. I. fig. 1)on one side, with the Greek word Melltaion ; and on the reversea curule chair, with the following inscription,—C. ArruntanusBatb. Propt'e : others the Juno’s head without the Greek word,with a tripod and the Latin word Melitaion (PI. I. fig. 1) onthe reverse. Some of the inscriptions indicate the Temple ofProserpine being repaired. There is an inscription in the Town-house of the city Notable, which mentions the repairs of theTemple of Apollo (PL III, fig. l and 2), and the public theatrebeing enlarged.

In the marquis Barbaro’s cabinet of curiosities is the headof Augustus (PI. IV. fig. 5) in basso relievo*, and the bust of An-tinous (PI. IV. fig. 6); and in the grand master’s gallery a femalewolf in alabaster (PI. IV. fig. 4) giving suck to Romulus andRemus. These pieces of Roman antiquity were found at dif-ferent times when Malta and Goza were ransacked, togetherwith a large sepulchral lamp (PI. I. fig. 5), of a beautiful curious

* Of Maltese stone.