The first care of Ro'mulus was to mark out the Pomoe'rium; a space round the walls of the city, on which it was unlawful to erect buildings.
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The person who determined the Pomoe'rium yoked a bullock and heifer to a plough, having a copper-share, and drew a furrow to mark the course of the future wall; he guided the plough so that all the sods might fall inwards, and was followed by others, who took care that none should lie the other way.3.When he came to the place where it was designed to erect a gate, the plough was taken up,[1] and carried to where the wall recommenced.

The next ceremony was the consecration of the commit'ium, or place of public assembly.

A vault was built under ground, and filled with the firstlings of all the natural productions that sustain human life, and with earth which each foreign settler had brought from his own home.

This place was called _Mun'dus_, and was supposed to become the gate of the lower world; it was opened on three several days of the year, for the spirits of the dead.
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