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
Inscriptions bearing the names of some Etruscan families, especially the
Tarquitii, have been found here, and the remains of the ancient citadel,
on the spot now called the Piazza d’Armi, are mentioned in some old
ecclesiastical documents.
[Illustration: _ICHNOGRAPHIA._ ROMAE VETERIS.]
One of the gates must have been at the spot now called the Porta de’ Sette
Pagi as the road from Veii to Sutri probably passed out here, and another
gate was opposite Isola called the Porta dell’ Arco. A third may have
stood towards Fidenæ, where the ancient postern and flight of steps is
now to be seen, called La Scaletta. Other remains are to be seen near
the site of a gate called by Canina La Spezieria. The Ponte Sodo and the
tombs near it are worth attention, as is also the ancient Etruscan tomb
called the Grotta Campana, in which a most interesting set of sepulchral
ornamentations and cinerary urns has been preserved. The chief monuments
of Veii, which have been taken to Rome, are the Ionic columns in front of
the Post Office in the Piazza Colonna, the Statue of Tiberius, and the
colossal heads of Tiberius and Augustus, now in the Vatican Museum.[162]
INDEX.
A.
Academia, 21, 246
Ædes Publican, Flavian, 22, 24
Æsculapius, temple of, 116
Agger of Servius, 157
Agon Capitolinus, 181
Agrippina, pedestal of, 146, 178
Alba Longa, 207
Alban Hills, 192, 194;
Emissarium or tunnel of, 204
---- Lake, 203
---- Mount, 206
Albanum Cæsarum, 202
Albula, 189
Albulæ Aquæ, 236
Alexamenus, 18
Allia, 257
Altar of Sextius, 16
Amphitheatrum Castrense, 173
Ancient stone work, 163
Anio, falls of, 249
Antoninus Pius, pedestal of column, 178
Appian Road, 194
Aqua Virgo, 135
Arches, 9
Arch of Constantine, 59
---- Dolabella, 174
---- Drusus, 171
---- Gallienus, 77
---- M. Aurelius, 177
---- Severus, 52
---- Silversmiths, 104
---- Tiberius, 46
---- Titus, 31
Architectural styles, 5, 11
Arco dei Pantani, 92
Area Flacciana, 15
Arena of Coliseum, 67
Arricia, causeway at, 208
Arval College, 231
Atta, tomb of, 219
Atticus, tomb of, 198
Atrium, Palatine, 23
Auguratorium, on Palatine, 30
Augustan buildings, 21
Aurelius, M., bas-reliefs from arch, 177
Aventine and Cælian Hills, 161.
B.
Bandusiæ Fons, 256
Basilica, Constantine, 34, 35, 183
---- Julia, 44
----, Palatine, 24
----, Ulpia, 83
Bas-reliefs in Forum, 42, 43
Baths of Agrippa, 134
---- Caracalla, 166, 183
---- Constantine, 100, 183
---- Diocletian, 153
---- Titus, 75
Bibliotheca, 21
Bibulus, tomb of, 97
Brickwork, 12
Bronze cone, 149, 178;
peacocks, 150, 178
Bovillæ, 200
C.
Cæcilia Metella, tomb of, 197
Cælian, houses on, 176
Caffarelli Palace, 98
Caligula, Palace of, 31
Calydonian boar hunt, 181
Campagna, hills of, 191;
population, 192
Capitoline map, 120, 181
Capitolium, 98
Casale Rotondo, 200
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