The Archæology of Rome, Parte 8J. Parker and Company, 1876 |
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Pagina ix
... faced with Opus Reti- culatum . Specus , or spes ( ? ) vetus , on the high banks • 19 ib . • The course underground 6 It entered Rome at the north - east end of the Sessorium . — passed along the Coelian Hill Reservoir in the garden of ...
... faced with Opus Reti- culatum . Specus , or spes ( ? ) vetus , on the high banks • 19 ib . • The course underground 6 It entered Rome at the north - east end of the Sessorium . — passed along the Coelian Hill Reservoir in the garden of ...
Pagina 7
... faced with brick and reticulated work of the time of Trajan . There are remains of two specus running along against the face of the cliff ; of the upper one the lower part , or pavement , of Opus Sig- ninum , only remains , and this ...
... faced with brick and reticulated work of the time of Trajan . There are remains of two specus running along against the face of the cliff ; of the upper one the lower part , or pavement , of Opus Sig- ninum , only remains , and this ...
Pagina 9
... faced with the brickwork usual in his time . The lowest specus is cut out of tufa rock under the wall of Servius Tullius , which is built of the usual large blocks of tufa . The principal branch went underground to the cave reservoir at ...
... faced with the brickwork usual in his time . The lowest specus is cut out of tufa rock under the wall of Servius Tullius , which is built of the usual large blocks of tufa . The principal branch went underground to the cave reservoir at ...
Pagina 19
... faced with brick , would not pay for the trouble of destroying them , and have therefore been left standing in their places . One of these , a very fine one , faced with brick of the time of Trajan , with moulded pilasters , remains ...
... faced with brick , would not pay for the trouble of destroying them , and have therefore been left standing in their places . One of these , a very fine one , faced with brick of the time of Trajan , with moulded pilasters , remains ...
Pagina 20
... faced with the fine brickwork of his period , whereas the specus under it is faced with Opus Reticulatum , probably of the time of the Republic . The wall of Tiberius distinctly stands on the old specus . There was an opening into it ...
... faced with the fine brickwork of his period , whereas the specus under it is faced with Opus Reticulatum , probably of the time of the Republic . The wall of Tiberius distinctly stands on the old specus . There was an opening into it ...
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...