The Archæology of Rome, Parte 8J. Parker and Company, 1876 |
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Pagina iii
... ground is full of remains of them with their reservoirs and filtering - places . The inner side of the wall is the part necessarily shewn , because the outer side is concealed by the arcade of the Aqua Felice , excepting in places where ...
... ground is full of remains of them with their reservoirs and filtering - places . The inner side of the wall is the part necessarily shewn , because the outer side is concealed by the arcade of the Aqua Felice , excepting in places where ...
Pagina iv
... ground in that high situation , from which the water was distributed in all directions , first on other arcades , three of which branched off from this point , and afterwards in metal pipes when it was sub - divided ; but for the main ...
... ground in that high situation , from which the water was distributed in all directions , first on other arcades , three of which branched off from this point , and afterwards in metal pipes when it was sub - divided ; but for the main ...
Pagina v
... ground is high again . near the Porta Chiusa at the Prætorian Camp , and in the great bank or agger of Servius Tullius . These two great arcades are those chiefly known to visitors to Rome as THE AQUEDUCTS ; but the underground ...
... ground is high again . near the Porta Chiusa at the Prætorian Camp , and in the great bank or agger of Servius Tullius . These two great arcades are those chiefly known to visitors to Rome as THE AQUEDUCTS ; but the underground ...
Pagina vi
... ground , and at a short distance only , so that it would be very convenient for the purpose . We see that there are several branches from that point , and one of them probably supplied these great Thermæ , for which purpose more than ...
... ground , and at a short distance only , so that it would be very convenient for the purpose . We see that there are several branches from that point , and one of them probably supplied these great Thermæ , for which purpose more than ...
Pagina xiii
... ground is high , and in a bank of clay when the ground is low . ib . • 103 The stream is divided at a loch between Roma Vecchia and the Torre Fiscale . Source under La Colonna Reservoir made under Gregory XIII . , A.D. 1572-1585 . The ...
... ground is high , and in a bank of clay when the ground is low . ib . • 103 The stream is divided at a loch between Roma Vecchia and the Torre Fiscale . Source under La Colonna Reservoir made under Gregory XIII . , A.D. 1572-1585 . 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...