Rambles in Rome: An Archæological and Historical Guide to the Museums, Galleries, Villas, Churches, and Antiquities of Rome and the CampagnaForbes, S. Russell
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Rambles in Rome: An Archæological and Historical Guide to the Museums, Galleries, Villas, Churches, and Antiquities of Rome and the Campagna
Forbes, S. Russell
Art -- Rome; Rome (Italy) -- Guidebooks; Rome -- Antiquities
Opus lateritium--
{ Pantheon Augustus.
Bricks, 6 to foot { Prætorian Camp Tiberius.
{ Palace Caligula.
Bricks, 8 to foot Aqueduct Nero.
Bricks, 7 to foot Palace Domitian.
Bricks, 6 to foot Temple of Venus and Rome Hadrian.
Bricks, 7 to foot Nymphæum, on Palatine M. Aurelius.
{ Baths Caracalla.
{ Nymphæum Alexander
{ Severus.
Bricks, 5 to foot { Walls of Rome Aurelian.
{ Thermæ Diocletian.
{ Basilica Constantine.
Bricks and tufa { Circus of Maxentius 300 A.D.
{ House of Gregory 590 A.D.
Opera Saracenesca S. Sisto Vecchio 1200 A.D.
Opus Spicatum Herring-bone pavement.
Opus Signinum Cement for reservoirs, etc.
[Illustration: PLAN OF ANCIENT ROME]
RAMBLE I.
PIAZZA DEL POPOLO -- THE OBELISK -- S. MARIA DEL POPOLO --
THE CORSO -- S. LORENZO IN LUCINA -- POST OFFICE --
ENGLISH CHURCH -- COLUMN OF MARCUS AURELIUS -- MONTE
CITORIO -- PARLIAMENT HOUSE -- OBELISK -- TEMPLE OF
NEPTUNE -- S. MARIA IN VIA LATA -- THE SEPTA -- THE DORIA
GALLERY -- TOMBS OF ATTIA CLAUDIA AND BIBULUS -- THE
MAMERTINE PRISON -- THE FORUM OF JULIUS CÆSAR -- THE ROMAN
FORUM AND ITS RUINS -- THE VIA SACRA -- TEMPLES OF
ROMULUS, VENUS AND ROMA -- TEMPLE OF THE PENATES -- HOUSE
OF JULIUS CÆSAR -- BASILICA OF CONSTANTINE -- S. FRANCISCA
ROMANA -- THE PALATINE HILL AND THE PALACE OF THE CÆSARS
-- ARCH OF TITUS -- THE TEMPLE OF THE SUN -- THE FORUM OF
CUPID -- PEDESTAL OF NERO'S COLOSSUS -- META SUDANS --
ARCH OF CONSTANTINE -- THE COLOSSEUM.
THE CENTRE OF ROME.
THE PIAZZA DEL POPOLO
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