Emperor Vespasian, followed by Titus, each in a separate chariot, rode next in the procession, with Domitian, who was the younger son of Vespasian, and consul, on horseback. After them came the soldiers who had been in the war, crowned with laurel leaves and shouting songs of victory. Thus the triumphal procession went along the Sacred Way. When they came to the Temple, Simon, the general of the Hebrews, was put to death, according to custom. The leader of the conquered army was always killed at the Triumph of the conquering general. The other prisoners were made either gladiators or slaves. After Simon had been put to death sacrifices were offered to the gods, and all departed to the waiting banquets. The Arch of Titus was built on the Sacred Way to commemorate this Triumph. It was one of the earliest of those twenty-one arches with which Rome was once adorned. The exact date of erection is not known; but it must have been after the death of Titus, for on the ceiling of the vault of the arch Titus is represented as sitting astride an eagle. At the funeral of a Roman emperor an eagle was released, on whose back the soul of the emperor was supposed to mount to Heaven, there to dwell among the gods forever. PREPARED BY THE EDITORIAL STAFF OF THE MENTOR ASSOCIATION ILLUSTRATION FOR THE MENTOR, VOL. 1, No. 45, SERIAL No. 46 COPYRIGHT, 1913, BY THE MENTOR ASSOCIATION, INC. [Illustration: THE TIBER AND HADRIAN’S TOMB, ROME] _THE RUINS OF ROME_ _Hadrian’s Tomb_ SIX Emperor Hadrian was a great traveler. He spent the eight years from 119 to 127 A. D. in journeying round the Roman empire just to get acquainted with the state of the provinces. When he was in England he built the famous wall that extends from the Solway to the Tyne. He fully deserved the title “Father of his Country” which was given him on his return to Rome. Hadrian was also a famous builder. In addition to the great Roman Wall in England he erected many beautiful and expensive structures in Athens, and a villa at Tivoli which was noted for its beauty. But his most famous building is Hadrian’s Tomb, now called Castle Sant’ Angelo, which was constructed in 130 A. D. The last vacant niche in the Tomb of Augustus was occupied, and so Hadrian determined to build one for himself and his successors, which should have no rival in the world. Hadrian died before it was finished; but Antoninus Pius, his successor, completed it and buried Hadrian there. “Hadrian’s Tomb” is a large circular tower, 230 feet in diameter. It was originally built of Parian marble. Some time in the fifth century, however, it was converted into a fort, and when the Goths under Vitiges besieged it in 537 the defenders tore the statues from their pedestals and hurled them down upon the attackers. Two of these were found during the seventeenth century in the moat surrounding the tomb.