The Archæology of Rome, Parte 8J. Parker and Company, 1876 |
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Pagina v
... come so near Rome , they are less known ; in the parts nearest to the City they are either underground or de- stroyed . One of them is that called Alexandrina by Fabretti ; but the original parts of it are of the time of Hadrian and ...
... come so near Rome , they are less known ; in the parts nearest to the City they are either underground or de- stroyed . One of them is that called Alexandrina by Fabretti ; but the original parts of it are of the time of Hadrian and ...
Pagina vii
... comes into Rome again , and is getting rapidly into general use , being much the best drinking water . The water supply of ancient Rome has long been a subject of interest , and can now be more perfectly understood than it ever could ...
... comes into Rome again , and is getting rapidly into general use , being much the best drinking water . The water supply of ancient Rome has long been a subject of interest , and can now be more perfectly understood than it ever could ...
Pagina 2
... comes from three different springs ; the source of one is near the Arch of Titus , or more immediately in front of the usual entrance to the Palatine ; -a second has its source near the foot of that part of the Quirinal Hill on which ...
... comes from three different springs ; the source of one is near the Arch of Titus , or more immediately in front of the usual entrance to the Palatine ; -a second has its source near the foot of that part of the Quirinal Hill on which ...
Pagina 7
... come to a large piscina or filtering - place on the cliff of the Coelian , immedi- ately above the Porta Capena . This piscina is divided into two parts , one above the other ; but both are below the top of the cliff , and are faced ...
... come to a large piscina or filtering - place on the cliff of the Coelian , immedi- ately above the Porta Capena . This piscina is divided into two parts , one above the other ; but both are below the top of the cliff , and are faced ...
Pagina 10
... come down at a steep decline , and the water of the whole seems to have been carried into the lowest one , the Appia , at this point . This specus must have been carried over the deep foss - way upon or under the arch of the gate of the ...
... come down at a steep decline , and the water of the whole seems to have been carried into the lowest one , the Appia , at this point . This specus must have been carried over the deep foss - way upon or under the arch of the gate of the ...
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...