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
Anio Novus 173.8 127
Claudian 163.2 119
Julian 145.1 106
Tepulan 138.7 101½
Marcian 128.7 92½
Anio Vetus 75.4½ 55½
Virgo 9.3 7
Appian — —
At a lower level than Specus of the Appian.
Alsietina in the Trastevere 37.6½ 27½
He gives as the total full range, i.e. from the _specus_ of the Alsietina
(the lowest), to that of the Anio Novus (the highest), as 211.2½ _palmi_,
or 154½ English feet. The height of the Appian, he shews by his diagram
to be about 24 English feet above the Quay of the Tiber. The points at
which Piranesi obtained his measurements, and the mode employed, are not
recorded. It seems hardly possible that the Appia is 55 ft. under the
Anio Vetus in Rome.
[36] See ante. Frontinus, cap. 21.
[37] The passage, as it stands in the Codex Cassinensis, is, “Anio Vetus
_citra_ quartum miliarium _infra_ novum _qui_ a Via Latina in Lavicanam
_inter_ arcus trajicit, et ipse piscinam habet.” This piscina is visible
at the third modern milestone on the Via d’Albano, and at the fourth on
the Via Latina. The Codex Vaticanus is an inferior copy of the Codex
Cassinensis; but the Codex Urbinas, now also in the Vatican Library, is
distinct. No other MS. is of any authority.
[38] Remains of the tombs on the Via Latina are distinctly visible and
rather prominent objects, close to the Torre Fiscale. The Marrana, or
Almo, the small stream that received the surplus water of the aqueducts,
also washes the foot of the tower.
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