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 critic stated, “It seems like grandstanding, and it gets in the way of my enjoyment of the story. . . . It makes it easy to identify with a protagonist who doesn’t know what’s going on either, but it’s irritating.” However, Fred Kiesche of "SF Signal" felt that “The magic of the plot [is] where you’re never sure of what exactly is going on.” Zelazny has been repeatedly referred to as a prose-poet. However, there does not appear to be agreement about the true nature of his prose. Geis writes that "Doorways" "is written with the Zelazny magic; that indefinable