Old Rome: A Handbook to the Ruins of the City and the CampagnaBurn, Robert
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Old Rome: A Handbook to the Ruins of the City and the Campagna
Burn, Robert
Rome (Italy) -- Antiquities; Rome (Italy) -- Description and travel
3. Statue of Augustus from Prima Porta, in the Braccio Nuovo.
C. From Ostia.
1. Antoninus. No. 6. }
2. Winter. No. 13. }
3. Bust of young Augustus. No. 416. }
4. Bust of Julia. No. 418. }
5. Juno. No. 534. } Museo Chiaromonti.
6. Head of Neptune. No. 606a. }
7. Boy and Swan. No. 651. }
8. Sarcophagus of Nonius Asprenas. No. 685. }
9. Æsculapius. No. 684. }
10. Bust of Antoninus Pius. No. 700. }
11. Ganymede. No. 38. }
12. Ceres. No. 83. } Braccio Nuovo.
13. Bust of Commodus. No. 121. }
The other principal ancient monuments now in the Vatican Museum besides
those from the Villa of Hadrian, from Ostia, and Veii, above-mentioned,
are:--
1. The statue of Demosthenes from the neighbourhood of Cicero’s Tusculan
villa. No. 62. Braccio Nuovo.
2. The Torso Belvedere found near the ruins of the Theatre of Pompeius.
No. 3, Museo Pio Clementino.
3. The Laocoon found near the Baths of Titus. Cortile di Belvedere. No.
74.
4. The great porphyry basin found at the Baths of Diocletian. Rotonda.
5. Sarcophagi of S. Constantia and S. Helena, and cippus of Syphax found
on the road to Tibur. Hall of the Greek Cross.
6. Sarcophagus of L. Scipio Barbatus, from the Tomb of the Scipios, near
the Porta S. Sebastiano. Museo Pio Clementino.
In the Capitoline Museum are placed:--
A. From Hadrian’s Villa.
1. Colossal head of Cybele. No. 9 in the courtyard,
{ Psyche. No. 53. }
2. { Cupid of Praxiteles. No. 13. } In the Gallery.
{ Euterpe. No. 32. }
3. Roman Matron. No. 3. }
4. An Amazon. No. 5. } In the Hall of the Dying Gladiator.
5. Flora. No. 11. }
6. Antinous. No. 13. }
7. The Faun. No. 1 in the Hall of the Faun.
8. Centaurs in bigio antico. No. 2. }
9. A Gymnasiarch. No. 27. } In the Saloon.
10. Harpocrates. No. 34. }
Some other great ancient monuments are placed as follows:--
1. The first milestone on the Appian Road, found in 1584, is now placed in
the Piazza del Campidoglio at the top of the steps leading up from the
Piazza d’Ara Cœli on the right hand. The seventh milestone is placed
opposite to it.
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