Pagan and Christian Rome

Name: Pagan and Christian Rome
Author: Lanciani, Rodolfo Amedeo

Lanciani, Rodolfo Amedeo

Christian antiquities -- Italy -- Rome; Rome (Italy) -- Antiquities

Temples, standards of weights and measures kept in, 40, 51;
  the art treasures collected in them, 52;
  commonly ornamented with hangings, etc., 56;
  evidence obtained from their vaults or _favissæ_, 58;
  invariably turned into Christian churches, 160.
    of Æsculapius, 62;
      the stern of the ship, 61 (cut).
    of Antoninus and Faustina, 163.
    of Apollo, 56, 71;
      its treasures of art, 52.
    Augusteum at Aneyra, 173.
    of Augustus, 101, 163;
      its position determined, 102;
      plan and sketch, 103 (cut).
    of Bacchus (so called), 199 (cut).
    of Ceres and Faustina, 292, 294 (cut).
    of Claudius, 160.
    of Concord, 53 (cut), 163.
    of Diana, 70.
    of Diana Nemorensis, 59;
      an inventory of its works of art discovered, 54.
    of the God Rediculus, 291 (cut).
    of Health, 69.
    of Hercules, 69.
    of Hercules, near Porta S. Lorenzo, 59.
    of Isis and Serapis, 92;
      excavations in 1883, 96;
      history and extent of the temple, 96;
      its final destruction, 98.
    of Janus Quadrifrons, 163.
    of Juno, at Veii, 64;
      enormous number of ex-votos, 64, 67;
      excavations by Cardinal Chigi, 65;
      by the Empress of Brazil, 66.
    of Jupiter Optimus Maximus, 56, 80, 84;
      literature, 84 n;
      architecture of the old temple, 86;
      destroyed by fire, 86;
      its restorations, 87;
      its platform and foundation walls, 87, 88 (cut);
      plan, 86 (plate);
      early notices of its remains, 89;
      plundered by the Vandals, 90;
      represented in pictorial reliefs, 90 (plate);
      public acts, etc., posted here, 91.
    of Jupiter Tonans, 80.
    of Malakbelos, 57.
    of Minerva Medica, 62.
    of Neptune, 99, 161;
      its bas-reliefs, 100 (cut).
    of Peace, 56.
    of Piety, 5.
    Sacræ Urbis, 28 (cut), 162.
    of the Sibyl at Tivoli, 161.
    of Venus, 161.
    of Venus and Rome, 56.

Terebinth of Nero, 27.

Terentum, the pool, 74.

Thebes, the tombs of the kings, 321.

Theresa, Empress of Brazil, excavations at Veii, 65, 66.

Tiber, ex-votos probably to be found in, 62.

Tiberius, Emp., 11, 96;
  statue, 268.

Tiles of the roof of S. Peter's, 139.

Tivoli, mensæ ponderariæ found at, 40;
  temple of the Sibyl, 161.

Toilet-box, in the sarcophagus of Crepereia Tryphæna, 303.

Tombs of Christians of high rank in Rome, 10;
  of Christian prætorians, 18;
  inscriptions on, 42, 261;
  the word _meta_ applied to, 128;
  discovered in 1614-16, in the vicinity of S. Peter's, 129;
  occasion of their destruction, 131;
  in S. Peter's, 145;
  of Christian emperors, 196, 200 (cut);
  of the popes, 213;
  the pontifical crypt, 269;
  cost, 257;
  the immense number surrounding the city, 260;
  on the Via Aurelia, 262;
  near the Villa Pamfili-Doria, 269;
  on the Via Triumphalis, 270;
  on the Via Salaria, 275;
  their inviolability under Roman law, 307;
  the early Christian tombs not concealed, 315.
  See also, _Burial_; _Catacombs_; _Cemeteries_; _Sarcophagi_.

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Pagan and Christian Rome

Lanciani, Rodolfo Amedeo

Christian antiquities -- Italy -- Rome; Rome (Italy) -- Antiquities

Temples, standards of weights and measures kept in, 40, 51;
  the art treasures collected in them, 52;
  commonly ornamented with hangings, etc., 56;
  evidence obtained from their vaults or _favissæ_, 58;
  invariably turned into Christian churches, 160.
    of Æsculapius, 62;
      the stern of the ship, 61 (cut).
    of Antoninus and Faustina, 163.
    of Apollo, 56, 71;
      its treasures of art, 52.
    Augusteum at Aneyra, 173.
    of Augustus, 101, 163;
      its position determined, 102;
      plan and sketch, 103 (cut).
    of Bacchus (so called), 199 (cut).
    of Ceres and Faustina, 292, 294 (cut).
    of Claudius, 160.
    of Concord, 53 (cut), 163.
    of Diana, 70.
    of Diana Nemorensis, 59;
      an inventory of its works of art discovered, 54.
    of the God Rediculus, 291 (cut).
    of Health, 69.
    of Hercules, 69.
    of Hercules, near Porta S. Lorenzo, 59.
    of Isis and Serapis, 92;
      excavations in 1883, 96;
      history and extent of the temple, 96;
      its final destruction, 98.
    of Janus Quadrifrons, 163.
    of Juno, at Veii, 64;
      enormous number of ex-votos, 64, 67;
      excavations by Cardinal Chigi, 65;
      by the Empress of Brazil, 66.
    of Jupiter Optimus Maximus, 56, 80, 84;
      literature, 84 n;
      architecture of the old temple, 86;
      destroyed by fire, 86;
      its restorations, 87;
      its platform and foundation walls, 87, 88 (cut);
      plan, 86 (plate);
      early notices of its remains, 89;
      plundered by the Vandals, 90;
      represented in pictorial reliefs, 90 (plate);
      public acts, etc., posted here, 91.
    of Jupiter Tonans, 80.
    of Malakbelos, 57.
    of Minerva Medica, 62.
    of Neptune, 99, 161;
      its bas-reliefs, 100 (cut).
    of Peace, 56.
    of Piety, 5.
    Sacræ Urbis, 28 (cut), 162.
    of the Sibyl at Tivoli, 161.
    of Venus, 161.
    of Venus and Rome, 56.

Terebinth of Nero, 27.

Terentum, the pool, 74.

Thebes, the tombs of the kings, 321.

Theresa, Empress of Brazil, excavations at Veii, 65, 66.

Tiber, ex-votos probably to be found in, 62.

Tiberius, Emp., 11, 96;
  statue, 268.

Tiles of the roof of S. Peter's, 139.

Tivoli, mensæ ponderariæ found at, 40;
  temple of the Sibyl, 161.

Toilet-box, in the sarcophagus of Crepereia Tryphæna, 303.

Tombs of Christians of high rank in Rome, 10;
  of Christian prætorians, 18;
  inscriptions on, 42, 261;
  the word _meta_ applied to, 128;
  discovered in 1614-16, in the vicinity of S. Peter's, 129;
  occasion of their destruction, 131;
  in S. Peter's, 145;
  of Christian emperors, 196, 200 (cut);
  of the popes, 213;
  the pontifical crypt, 269;
  cost, 257;
  the immense number surrounding the city, 260;
  on the Via Aurelia, 262;
  near the Villa Pamfili-Doria, 269;
  on the Via Triumphalis, 270;
  on the Via Salaria, 275;
  their inviolability under Roman law, 307;
  the early Christian tombs not concealed, 315.
  See also, _Burial_; _Catacombs_; _Cemeteries_; _Sarcophagi_.

Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.

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