DESCRIPTION OF PLATE XI. CAPITOLINE HILL-CAPITOLIUM. PLAN of the south-west corner, with the Tabularium and the Aqueducts, and part of the Forum Romanum. A-B. Line of Section through the Tarpeian rock. C-D. Section on the line from the Forum through the Ærarium and the lower part of the steps. a—a—a—a. An Aqueduct, probably a branch of the Anio Vetus-part of it cut in the Tarpeian rock. b. A well or reservoir of the Aqueducts. c-c. Another branch of an Aqueduct. d—d. A subterranean passage cut in the rock, popularly said to lead to a chamber under the statue of Marcus Aurelius, in the centre of the Piazza del Campidoglio, or square on the Capitoline Hill, as arranged by Michael Angelo. e-e. Aqueduct of the third century on a higher level, at the west end of the Ærarium. f-f. The steep stairs from the door behind the temple of Saturn, (called the secret stairs ?) of the Ærarium. g. Temple of Saturn, called also the Ærarium by old authors, and miscalled the temple of Vespasian by some modern writers. h. Colonnade or Portico of the Dei Consentes. i-i. Platform of the school of Xanthus. k. Part of the temple of Concord. 1-1-1. Clivus Capitolinus. m. Temple of Vespasian-miscalled by modern authors the temple of Saturn. n. Basilica Julia, the northern part of the platform of Augustus, which goes from north to south, (with the brick bases inserted by Signor Rosa)—and the travertine walls of Julius Cæsar across the north end, from west to east (marked by a darker tint). oo o o. Modern buidings. ppp. Modern sloping road to the Campidoglio, on a high embankment. q. Via della Consolazione. This is called by mistake north-west on the Plate. |