“Marciam ut ipsam, splendore et frigore gratissimam, balneis ac fullonibus et relatu quoque fœdis ministeriis deprehenderimus servientem. Omnes ergo discerni placuit, tum singulas ita ordinari, ut in primis Marcia potui tota serviret, et deinceps reliquæ secundum suam quæque qualitatem aptis usibus assignarentur, sicut Anio Vetus pluribus ex causis, quo inferior excipitur minus salubris, in hortorum rigationem atque in ipsius urbis sordidiora exiret ministeria.” (Frontinus, c. 91, 92.) [164] See C. C. J. Bunsen’s _Beschreibung der Stadt Rom._ Stuttgart und Tübingen, 1830, 8vo. [165] The mother of Cola di Rienzi was one of those who gained a livelihood by selling water in the streets. [166] The ruined _castellum_ at the Porta Furba, two miles from Rome, (previously mentioned,) seems to have been of this description; it rises considerably above the level of the conduits, vertically, as if either for water or air to rush up it. [167] Cassiodori Var., lib. vii. 6, and iv. 31. [168] Procopius, de Bello Gothico, lib. i. c. 19. [169] This is shewn by the large corbels in the wall on the bank of the river at this point, opposite to the Cloaca Maxima, which are pierced with holes through them, in which a pole was placed to attach the chain. These corbels remain perfect on the western side; on the eastern side, they have been destroyed, or covered over by medieval houses. Those which remain are carved into the form of gigantic lions’ heads, of the character called Etruscan, but are of the time when the Port of Rome was made in the Tiber, B.C. 180. [170] IMP. CAESAR DIVI NERVAE F. NERVA TRAIANVS AVG GERM. DACICVS PONT. MAX. TR. POT. XIII IMP. VI. COS. V. P.P AQVAM TRAIANAM PECVNIA. SVA IN VRBEM PERDVXIT EMPTIS LOCIS PER LATITVD. P. XXX [171] PAVLVS V. PONT. OPT. MAX FORMIS AQVAE ALSIETINAE OLIM AB AVG. CAES. EXSTRVCTIS MOX COLLAPSIS. AB. ADRIANO I. P.M INSTAVRATIS IISDEM RVRSVS OB VETVSTATEM DIRVTIS. OPERE SVBTERRANEO. ET ARCVATO AQVAM EX AGRO BRACHIANENSI DITIONIS VRSINORVM SALVBRIORIBVS FONTIBVS DERIVATAM IN VRBEM PERDVXIT ANN. SAL. MDCXI. PONT. SVI VII. [172] In the life of Hadrian by Spartianus (c. 20), we are told that a number of aqueducts were made in his time and called after him. But his name is not retained in the Regionary Catalogue. [173] Frontinus, c. 88.