The archæology of Rome, Part 8 : $b The aqueductsParker, John Henry
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The archæology of Rome, Part 8 : $b The aqueducts
Parker, John Henry
Rome -- Antiquities
—— and one near the Porta Furba, at two miles from Rome, at the
foot of the great aqueduct ib.
A branch of the Anio Vetus (?) ib.
XV. ALEXANDRINA.
This aqueduct mentioned by Lampridius 97
—— Made to bring water to the Thermæ of Alexander Severus, near
the Pantheon ib.
—— Probably a branch from the great aqueducts near the Porta
Maggiore ib.
An inscription found near that point ib.
Remains of arcade of this period between that gate and the Minerva
Medica 98
Nymphæum of Alexander Severus, where the Trophies of Marius were
hung 99
Nymphæum, a hall of the Thermæ for women; Pantheum, a similar
hall for men ib.
Wall of Aurelian built against this tall arcade ib.
XVI. ALGENTIANA.
This aqueduct made to supply water to the Thermæ of Diocletian 100
Remains of a large _piscina_ were found on the site of the
railway station ib.
The water is said to have been brought by a branch from the
Marcia at the Porta di S. Lorenzo ib.
Others say it came from Mons Algidus, near Tusculum, and was
brought underground, with reservoirs on the tops of hills
in the Campagna, supplied by syphons ib.
XVII. AQUA CRABRA AND MARRANA.
These streams united are brought into Rome in the bed of the
River Almo 101
Sources of the Aqua Crabra, near Rocca di Papa ib.
Those of the Marrana near Marino ib.
The two united at the foot of the hill of Marino 102
_Piscina_ in the valley under Marino ib.
_Specus_ traced in the same valley near the quarries of _peperino_
or _lapis Albanus_ ib.
—— passes under the sources of the Aqua Julia ib.
The two streams united near a bridge on the road to Grotta
Ferrata, ten miles from Rome ib.
Part of the united water runs into the river Anio ib.
Another part is brought through the tunnel of the Aqua Julia (V.) ib.
—— then in a cutting to the bed of the small river Almo ib.
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