The Archæology of Rome, Parte 8J. Parker and Company, 1876 |
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Pagina iii
... appear above it . Just outside of this garden , at the west end of it , is the great foss which separated the Sessorium , or fortified palace , from the a 2 The Appia under S Sabba The specus in an old stone quarry the Pseudo-Aventine.
... appear above it . Just outside of this garden , at the west end of it , is the great foss which separated the Sessorium , or fortified palace , from the a 2 The Appia under S Sabba The specus in an old stone quarry the Pseudo-Aventine.
Pagina 8
... appears to be horizontal . This specus goes on in the direction of the ruins of a building of various periods , possibly the remains of the Ædes Camenarum , and passes then to the south in the direction of the Thermæ of Severus and ...
... appears to be horizontal . This specus goes on in the direction of the ruins of a building of various periods , possibly the remains of the Ædes Camenarum , and passes then to the south in the direction of the Thermæ of Severus and ...
Pagina 14
... appears again on the other side with a large reservoir , and runs gradually downwards in a winding course round part of the hill . It is not easy to distinguish to which of the aqueducts belongs any one of the numerous reservoirs , the ...
... appears again on the other side with a large reservoir , and runs gradually downwards in a winding course round part of the hill . It is not easy to distinguish to which of the aqueducts belongs any one of the numerous reservoirs , the ...
Pagina 16
... appears to be perfect ; it is very near to the Torre Fiscale " , between that and the Osteria , called the Tavolato ( which itself appears to be made out of another , but a later , reservoir belonging to the aque- ducts , as many of the ...
... appears to be perfect ; it is very near to the Torre Fiscale " , between that and the Osteria , called the Tavolato ( which itself appears to be made out of another , but a later , reservoir belonging to the aque- ducts , as many of the ...
Pagina 17
... appears to have gone from the same reservoir , but to be distinct from the one mentioned by Frontinus , and to have been made after his time . This last branch seems to be the same as the Aqua Antoniniana of the Regionary Catalogue ...
... appears to have gone from the same reservoir , but to be distinct from the one mentioned by Frontinus , and to have been made after his time . This last branch seems to be the same as the Aqua Antoniniana of the Regionary Catalogue ...
Parole e frasi comuni
agger Alexander Severus Alsietina ancient angle Anio Novus Anio Vetus Appia Nova Aqua Appia Aqua Felice Aqua Marcia aque aqueduct Arch of Dolabella arches of Nero Augustus Aventine bank branch brick bridge built called carried castella castellum aquæ cave Claudia and Anio Claudian arcade cliff Coelian conduit enters Rome excavations foss fountain Frontinus garden gate ground Hadrian inscription junction Lacus lake large reservoir Latina loch Lorenzo Marcian Marcian arcade Marrana miles from Rome Minerva Medica Nymphæum old specus Palatine passes piers piscina PLATE Porta Capena Porta Furba Porta Maggiore probably quarry remains river Almo river Anio road rock Rome Sabatina seen Servius Tullius Sessorian Sessorium shewn shews side Spes springs stone stream Subiaco subterranean supply temple Tepula Thermæ third century Tiber Tivoli Torre Fiscale tower traced Trajan tufa tunnel underground valley Via Appia Via Latina Villa Virgo visible Wall of Aurelian Wall of Rome
Brani popolari
Pagina 91 - Roman marriages at the end of the first and the beginning of the second century were childless.
Pagina 129 - ... the neighbourhood of Newmarket, and in so doing several times crossed and recrossed the road leading to that village. It seemed to me that there had once been a wide trackway along the course of the dyke, and that, as land became valuable, and the road was narrowed, the proprietors inclosed the dyke sometimes on one side of the road, and sometimes on the other. The earthwork was much degraded, and indeed levelled, for considerable distances ; but all the peasantry we met with knew its course,...
Pagina 71 - Q -p. represent the four chambers. The channel of the aqueduct coming from the east, at a tolerably high level enters the chamber B. Thence the water passed (possibly over a large waste pipe) into the chamber beneath, D. Between D and C there were communications through the wall (possibly provided with fine grating). Through the roof of C there was a hole, and the water passed upwards, of course finding the same level in A as in B, whence it was carried off into another stream. By the aid of sluice...
Pagina 30 - Tuditanus, reduced by force the town of Aternum, took above seven thousand prisoners, and a considerable quantity of brass and silver coin. At Rome a dreadful fire raged during two nights and one day: every thing between the Salinae and the Carmental gate was levelled to the ground, as were the jEquimaelium and the Jugarian street.
Pagina 112 - Ipsos crediderim sic habitare deos. Quid loquar aerio pendentes fornice rivos, Qua vix imbriferas tolleret Iris aquas...
Pagina 22 - ... and of the tomb of Eurysaces the baker there discovered, just outside of the gate, gives a plan in which he inserts a temple just inside the gate on the southern side, which he calls the Temple of Spes...