EXTRACTS REFERRING TO THE ABBREVIATION SPE̅S̅ FOR SPECUS. I. _iungitur ei ad s .. em ueterem[51] in confinio ortorum torquatianorum_ et ... novum ramus Augustae, hac tres ... ad Viminalem usque portam deveniunt. I. 5. II. _ibi rursus emer_ _gunt prius tamen pars julie ad spē ... veterem excepta, castelli celii_ _montis diffunditur._ I. 19. III. _partem tamen sui claudia prius_ _in arcus que vocantur neroniani ad spē ueterem transfert_ hi directe per Caelium montem juxta templum divi Claudii terminantur. I. 20. IV. _rectus vero ductus secundum_ _spē veniens intra portam exquelinam in altos rivos per urbem diducitur._ I. 21. V. _ad gemellos tamen que locus infra spē ueterem_, ubi jungitur cum ramo Augustae. II. 64. VI. _sed postquam nero im_ _perator claudiam opere arcuato ascus[52] (?) excepta usque ad templum_ _divi claudii perduxit_, ut inde distribuetur. II. 76. VII. _quibus nunc plures aque et imprimis_ _marcia reddita amplo opere a spē in auentinum usque perducitur._ II. 87. _Translation of the Extracts from the Treatise of Frontinus on the Aqueducts, containing all the passages in which the abbreviation Spē occurs._ I. [The Augustan branch] is joined to it [the Aqua Appia] at the old _Specus_ [or old Spes (?), temple of Hope], in the border of the Torquatian gardens[53]. I. 5. II. [The three, Marcia, Tepula, Julia] there emerge again; first, however, part (of the water) intercepted from the Julia is poured at the old _Specus_ (or at the old temple of Spes[54]), and so into the reservoirs on the Cœlian Hill, near the temple of the divine Claudius. I. 19. III. First, however, the Claudia transfers part of its [water] into the old Specus [or at the temple of Spes], on the arches called Neronian[55]. I. 20. IV. But the direct conduit [of the Marcia, &c.], passing by the old Specus (?) of the Appia (at a higher level, or following the old Hope?)[56], coming within the Porta Esquilina, [the water] is drawn off in the high streams through the City. I. 21. V. [The Aqua Appia], however, at the _Gemelli_[57], which place is below the old _Specus_ [or below the old temple of Hope (?)], is joined with the Augustan branch. II. 64. VI. But after the Emperor Nero had carried the Claudian (water), which he diverted, on arched work to the temple of Claudius [or the Claudium], at the _specus_[58] (or at the Temple of Hope?), that it might be distributed thence. II. 76.