The Archæology of Rome, Parte 8J. Parker and Company, 1876 |
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Pagina vii
... foot or two under water . I saw it , and stood upon it , and had a photograph made , so that there could be no mistake , and the engineer of the company also saw it , and carried his aqueduct to that point ; so that the real ancient ...
... foot or two under water . I saw it , and stood upon it , and had a photograph made , so that there could be no mistake , and the engineer of the company also saw it , and carried his aqueduct to that point ; so that the real ancient ...
Pagina xii
... foot of the great aqueduct A branch of the Anio Vetus ( ? ) XV . ALEXANDRINA . This aqueduct mentioned by Lam- pridius . Made to bring water to the Therma of Alexander Severus , near the Pantheon XVII . AQUA CRABRA AND MARRANA . These ...
... foot of the great aqueduct A branch of the Anio Vetus ( ? ) XV . ALEXANDRINA . This aqueduct mentioned by Lam- pridius . Made to bring water to the Therma of Alexander Severus , near the Pantheon XVII . AQUA CRABRA AND MARRANA . These ...
Pagina 2
... foot of that part of the Quirinal Hill on which the Torre de ' Conti and the Torre delle Milizie are situated ; it now emerges in a cellar under a shop behind the church of S. Hadriana ; a third comes from the prison of S. Peter , at the ...
... foot of that part of the Quirinal Hill on which the Torre de ' Conti and the Torre delle Milizie are situated ; it now emerges in a cellar under a shop behind the church of S. Hadriana ; a third comes from the prison of S. Peter , at the ...
Pagina 4
... foot - path only . There are several springs or sources for this aqueduct , and also several ponds to collect the rain - water , made in the clay , the water from all of which was collected into a central reservoir cut in the rock ...
... foot - path only . There are several springs or sources for this aqueduct , and also several ponds to collect the rain - water , made in the clay , the water from all of which was collected into a central reservoir cut in the rock ...
Pagina 8
... . ver . 11. ) Capena grandi porta qua pluit gutta . " ( Martial , lib . iii . epigr.47 . ) The distance from the foot of the Cœlian The excavations made in 1868 and 1869 under the direction 8 [ CIIAP . IV . The Aqueducts . - I . Appia .
... . ver . 11. ) Capena grandi porta qua pluit gutta . " ( Martial , lib . iii . epigr.47 . ) The distance from the foot of the Cœlian The excavations made in 1868 and 1869 under the direction 8 [ CIIAP . IV . The Aqueducts . - I . Appia .
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...