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Rome Antique Notitia:

OR, THE

ANTIQUITIES

O F

ROME.

IN TWO PARTS.

I. A Short HISTORY of the Rife, Progrefs, and
Decay of the COMMONWEALTH.

II. A Description of the CITY: An Account of
the Religion, Civil Government, and Art of War; with the
Remarkable Cuftoms and Ceremonies, Publick and Private.

With Copper CUTS of the Principal Buildings, &c.

To which are prefixed. Two ESSAYS, concerning the
Roman LEARNING, and the Roman EDUCATION.

By BASIL KENNETT, of C. C. C. Oxon.

Ne definat unquam

Tecum Graia loqui, tecum Romana vetuftas.

Claudian.

The SEVENTEENTH EDITION, Corrected and Improved.

LONDON:

Printed for T. LONGMAN, B. LAW, J. JOHNSON, G. G. J. and J.
ROBINSON, W. GINGER, S. BLADON, R. BALDWIN, S. HAYES,
OGILVY and SPEARE, G. and T. WILKIE, and W. LOWNDES.

MDCC XCIII.

A 833.

12/29;

Jawy 1805

Nassaw Hall. Princeton

To His HIGHNESS the

A

MONG all the Noble Prefages of Wit and Honour, there is not One by which YOUR HIGHNESS hath given greater Encouragement to the Hopes of these Kingdoms, than by a furprifing Curiofity, and impatient Defire of Knowledge. For the Satisfying of fo Generous Inclinations, YOUR HIGHNESS cannot but feek an early Acquaintance with the Roman State. It must needs please YOU, SIR, to underftand the Conftitution of that People, before You appear the Rival of their a 3 Glory :

Glory: And the firft Steps to both these Attainments will be alike uneafy. Many Fatigues are to be undergone ere You surpass them in Action and Conduct: And in the fame Manner, before You are introduced into the more delightful Scenes of their Policy and Government, YOUR HIGHNESS fhould be first prefented with the rougher Profpect of their Customs and Cere

monies.

FOR YOUR Direction in fo noble (though intricate) a Path of Ancient Story, YOUR HIGHNESS is defired to accept this fmall Endeavour, no otherwife than You would a few Shadows, or a little Model, to give You, Sir, the firft Notion of fome admired Picture, or fome magnificent Building.

THERE is one Cuftom which, I make myfelf believe, YOUR HIGHNESS will read