Temple of Janus (Roman Forum) the Janus itself with closed gates) on the reverse to commemorate this event. Other emperors certainly closed and reopened the Gates of the Janus, but references in later and less thorough historians are fairly rare. The Roman poet Virgil included in the "Aeneid" the opening of the Gates of the Janus to start war between the Trojans and the Latins. Today, the scant remains of the temple lie beside the Basilica Aemilia, at the foot of the Argiletum, in the Roman Forum. Temple of Janus (Roman Forum) In ancient Rome, the main Temple of Janus as it is often called,
Doorways in the Sand but delicious.” Richard E. Geis in "Science Fiction Review" wrote that “at the end I was left vaguely unsatisfied,” but the novel had “Zelazny magic; that indefinable stylistic touch that makes him extremely readable.” "Locus" magazine’s Susan Wood wondered if Zelazny’s “promise would ever be fulfilled.” She described "Doorways" as “a well-written adventure,” and “fast enough, interesting enough, to carry any bedtime reader through arbitrary plotting to midnight and the loose-ends-tied-up conclusion.” Having read seven of Zelazny’s most recent books in one month, Richard Cowper in "Foundation: The International Review of Science Fiction" lamented the loss of Zelazny as science