The Archæology of Rome, Parte 8J. Parker and Company, 1876 |
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Pagina iv
... bridge of Caligula , of which , also , some remains are shewn in my Photographs ; the other two branches from the great reservoir over the Arch of Dolabella , went one to the right to the Colosseum ( to supply the Stagna there ) , the ...
... bridge of Caligula , of which , also , some remains are shewn in my Photographs ; the other two branches from the great reservoir over the Arch of Dolabella , went one to the right to the Colosseum ( to supply the Stagna there ) , the ...
Pagina ix
... bridge ib . Specus and reservoir in the Pro- menade of Carciano , below Tivoli ib . Reservoir faced with Cyclopean . 15 Masonry there 37 • 16 Specus passes near Ponte di S. An- tonio ib . . ib . Porta Capena to the Aventine . 38 second ...
... bridge ib . Specus and reservoir in the Pro- menade of Carciano , below Tivoli ib . Reservoir faced with Cyclopean . 15 Masonry there 37 • 16 Specus passes near Ponte di S. An- tonio ib . . ib . Porta Capena to the Aventine . 38 second ...
Pagina x
... Bridge of S. Mauro Specus of the Anio Novus , cut in the rock of the cliff VIII . CLAUDIA . IX . ANIO NOVUS . Passages from Frontinus · 54 River Anio . 56 Cascades at Valle - Pietra 57 Bridge of Communacchio ib . Sacro Speco ib ...
... Bridge of S. Mauro Specus of the Anio Novus , cut in the rock of the cliff VIII . CLAUDIA . IX . ANIO NOVUS . Passages from Frontinus · 54 River Anio . 56 Cascades at Valle - Pietra 57 Bridge of Communacchio ib . Sacro Speco ib ...
Pagina xii
... bridge on the road to Grotta Ferrata , ten miles from Rome . ib . Part of the united water runs into the river Anio . ib . • ib . PAGE Another part is brought through the tunnel of the xii Contents of the Aqueducts .
... bridge on the road to Grotta Ferrata , ten miles from Rome . ib . Part of the united water runs into the river Anio . ib . • ib . PAGE Another part is brought through the tunnel of the xii Contents of the Aqueducts .
Pagina xiii
... bridge on which the Porta Metronia stands It then passes the Garden of Cras- sipes , now the Orto Botanico . 104 turning to the north , under the Aventine , to the Piscina Pub- lica . ib . passes through the Circus Maximus , and under ...
... bridge on which the Porta Metronia stands It then passes the Garden of Cras- sipes , now the Orto Botanico . 104 turning to the north , under the Aventine , to the Piscina Pub- lica . ib . passes through the Circus Maximus , and under ...
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...