 | William Jillard Hort - 1822 - 346 pages
...the public roads, and the inventor of doors. Numa Pompilius erected a temple to this deity, which was kept open in time of war, and shut in time of peace. He was depicted with a double face, and having a wand and a key in his hands. Juno, his wife and sister,... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1823 - 862 pages
...large as to contain a statue of Janus five feet high, with brazen gates on each side, whidi were always Ò kr *: + ~ vq V- q _{QN I_mxI 6 W' But the Romans were so much engaged in war, that this temple was shut only twice from the foundation... | |
 | 1824 - 312 pages
...month of January took its name. It is •well known that the brazen gates '«f this temple were always kept open in time of war, and shut in time of peace. Of the temple of Concord there are no remains but a portico, supported by eight marble pillars, each... | |
 | Johann Joachim Eschenburg - Classical antiquities - 1837 - 372 pages
...were also kept the public registers and records, among them the Libri Elephantini, or ivory tables containing lists of the tribes. The temple of Janus...shut in time of peace. So continually was the city engaged in wars, that the gates of Janus were seldom shut; first, in the reign of Numa ; secondly,... | |
 | Johann Joachim Eschenburg - Art - 1854 - 766 pages
...unknown. In this temple were also kept the public regalera and records, among them the Libri Elrphantini, or ivory tablets containing lists of the tribes. The...kept open in time of war, and shut in time of peace. Ho continually wai the city engaged In ware, that the gatei of Jam» were seldom ehul ; first, in the... | |
 | Charles Eves - Examinations - 1854 - 106 pages
...brick and left it a city of marble. The Temple of Janus was built entirely of bronze; the gates were open in time of war, and shut in time of peace; so continuous were the wars of the Romans, that it was only closed three times in eight hundred years.... | |
 | Johann Joachim Eschenburg - Art - 1855 - 772 pages
...tablets containing lists of the tribes. The temple of Janug was built, or finished at least, by Nuuia; a square edifice, with two gates of brass, one On...kept open in time of war, and shut in time of peace. 80 continually was the city engaged in wars, that the gales of Janus were seldom shut ; first, in the... | |
 | John Bonner - Childrens books - 1856 - 334 pages
...farms instead of cutting other men's throats. He built a temple to the two-faced god, JANTIS, which was to be kept open in time of war, and shut in time of peace; and took care to keep it shut close during the whole of his reign. He made a number of laws to improve... | |
 | Johann Joachim Eschenburg - Classical antiquities - 1860 - 388 pages
...fraud was unknown. In this temple were also kept the public registers and records, among them the Libri Elephantini, or ivory tablets containing lists of...shut in time of peace. So continually was the city engaged in wars, that the (tales of Janus were seldom shut ; first, in the reign of Numa; secondly,... | |
 | William Thomas Brande - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1866 - 968 pages
...name is only another form of Dianus, as lana is for Diana. [ULAN A.] The gate, of Janus at Rome was kept open in time of war and shut in time of peace. It is said that this gate was closed only six times during 800 years, viz. once in the time of Numa,... | |
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The month of January was sacred to him, as were also all gates and doors. The gates of his temple were always kept open in time of war and shut in time of peace. The fire upon the household hearth was regarded as the symbol of the goddess Vesta. Her worship... 
