The Archæology of Rome, Parte 8J. Parker and Company, 1876 |
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Pagina iv
... probably the Gemelli or Twins of Frontinus , made originally for the Appia and the Anio Vetus side by side , and used afterwards to receive the surplus water of the later aqueducts on a higher level . We then have a considerable number ...
... probably the Gemelli or Twins of Frontinus , made originally for the Appia and the Anio Vetus side by side , and used afterwards to receive the surplus water of the later aqueducts on a higher level . We then have a considerable number ...
Pagina v
... ; but there is great probability that it was a branch from one of the older aque- ducts , probably brought across from the great reservoir where the Nymphæum of Alexander Severus was situated , on which the Preface to the Aqueducts . V.
... ; but there is great probability that it was a branch from one of the older aque- ducts , probably brought across from the great reservoir where the Nymphæum of Alexander Severus was situated , on which the Preface to the Aqueducts . V.
Pagina vi
... probably supplied these great Thermæ , for which purpose more than one aqueduct would be tapped . It may be that the curious sort of tower reservoir - long supposed to have been a tomb , a short distance to the south of the Trophies of ...
... probably supplied these great Thermæ , for which purpose more than one aqueduct would be tapped . It may be that the curious sort of tower reservoir - long supposed to have been a tomb , a short distance to the south of the Trophies of ...
Pagina xii
... Probably a branch from the great aqueducts near the Porta Maggiore 97 ib . ib . • An inscription found near that point ib . 102 102 The two united at the foot of the hill of Marino . Piscina in the valley under Marino ib . Specus traced ...
... Probably a branch from the great aqueducts near the Porta Maggiore 97 ib . ib . • An inscription found near that point ib . 102 102 The two united at the foot of the hill of Marino . Piscina in the valley under Marino ib . Specus traced ...
Pagina 1
... probably reached perfection , and were justly the admiration and surprise of all travellers " . His treatise is well worth examination , not only from an archæo- logical point of view , but as suggesting also many curious enquiries as ...
... probably reached perfection , and were justly the admiration and surprise of all travellers " . His treatise is well worth examination , not only from an archæo- logical point of view , but as suggesting also many curious enquiries as ...
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...