...awe dictated the prophetic proverb recorded by the Venerable Bede, in the eighth century — " While the Coliseum stands, Rome shall stand ; when the Coliseum...will fall ; when Rome falls, the world will fall* ;" and this proverb, quoted by Gibbon in his "Decline and Fall," is still remembered, and repeated...

...230,) pronounces tbe rapine of to« Barharians to be the unam germanamque саияаш foraminum.t •when the Coliseum falls, Rome will fall ; when Rome falls, the world will fall."(52) In the modern system of war, a situation commanded by three hills would not be chosen for...

...expression recorded byBede: — "Quamdiii stabit Colisaeus, stabit et Roma ; quando cadet Colisaeus, cadet Roma; quando cadet Roma, cadet et mundus." —...Rome shall stand ; when the Coliseum falls, Rome will tall ; when Rome falls, the world will fall). Religious veneration united probably with the impressive...

...expression, which is recorded in the eighth century, in the fragments of the venerable Bede : " As long as the Coliseum stands, Rome shall stand ; when...will fall ; when Rome falls, the world will fall." 52 In the modern system of war, a situation commanded by three hills would not be chosen for a fortress...

...AngloSaxon pilgrims who visited Rome early in the eighth century, exclaimed, on beholding the Coliseum, " As long as the Coliseum stands, Rome shall stand; when...will fall; when Rome falls, the world will fall." Venerable Bede records the expression, and Byron has appropriated it. When Rome revived, and her citizens...

...really amazing. When some pilgrims, mentioned by Bede, beheld it, they are said to have exclaimed, "As long as the Coliseum stands, Rome shall stand ; when the Coliseum falls, Rome shall fall ; and when Rome falls, the World will fall." This is quoted in the Decline and Fall of the...

...the admiration with which *he Saxon pilgrims regarded this mighty monument, when they exclaimed, " As long as the Coliseum stands, Rome shall stand ; when...will fall ; when Rome falls, the world will fall." t The noble Pantheon was little injured. Baths, triumphal arches, columns, some little mutilated, some...

...opposed to the Gospel. Continuous with the first, it was the irreconcilable enemy of the second. " As long as the Coliseum stands, Rome shall stand ; when...Rome will fall ; when Rome falls, the world will fall ; " is a remarkable prophecy. The predictor foresaw the intimacy of her relations with the world, and...

...spread a prophecy, which has been handed down to us in the writings of the venerable Bede — " While the Coliseum stands, Rome shall stand ; when the Coliseum...will fall ; when Rome falls, the world will fall." 2. An amphitheatre differed from a theatre : the former was oval — the latter in form of a semicircle...

...and a half. When some pilgrims, mentioned by Bede, beheld it, they are said to have exclaimed : " As long as the Coliseum stands, Rome shall stand ; when the Coliseum falls, Rome will fall ; and when Rome falls, the world will fall." "I wandered long around it (says Dupaty) without venturing...