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
Further on towards the Porta di S. Lorenzo the ground is higher, and
in order to keep the level necessary for the _specus_, it is brought
within the wall, and built up against the inside of it (1871). The
Marcia, Tepula, and Julia, over which it is carried, as is seen at the
two gates where their arcade is visible _under_ the _specus_ of the Aqua
Felice, are here still under it, but _underground_ also, owing to the
higher level of the ground. It passes over the Porta di S. Lorenzo to a
reservoir on the north side of it, and then turns to the west by the side
of the road, which it crosses upon an arch, with an inscription upon it,
at a short distance within that gate (81). The principal termination of
it is at the Fountain of the Termini (called of Moses,) 71. Behind the
fountain is a reservoir after the old fashion, which is illustrated by a
plan and section (704*). The celebrated Fountain of the Triton (1196),
in the Piazza Barberini, is also supplied by this aqueduct, as well as
all the upper terraces upon the hills. The lower range, on the Campus
Martius, is chiefly supplied by the Virgo. Another branch goes from the
reservoir at the Porta Maggiore along the bank on which the Arches of
Nero are carried, to the Lateran, where the fountains are supplied by
this water. The old aqueduct was used according to the custom of the
time, and there is a cascade _specus_ from the level of the Marcia to
that of the Appia (shewn in 541).
The _specus_ of each of these old aqueducts was used to carry the metal
pipes of the Aqua Felice, when it was convenient to do so (1295*), as has
been previously mentioned.
THE AQUA MARCIA PIA was made by a Company between 1860 and 1870, and has
been mentioned under the head of the Marcia (a part of it is shewn in
1553).
THE AQUEDUCTS.
ANIO NOVUS.—THE RIVER ANIO.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PHOTO-ENGRAVINGS.
PLATE I.
[Illustration: AQUEDUCTS—SOURCE OF AQUA APPIA.
ANCIENT QUARRY OF THE KINGS.]
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