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
The Piscinæ 34
Source of the Marcia ib.
_Specus_ carried along the valley of the Anio 35
Principal source in the Acqua Serena ib.
Old _Specus_ under water, discovered in 1869 36
—— It crossed the river at S. Cosimato ib.
—— and again in the Valley of the Arches, above Tivoli, on a bridge ib.
_Specus_ and reservoir in the Promenade of Carciano, below Tivoli ib.
Reservoir faced with Cyclopean Masonry there 37
_Specus_ passes near Ponte di S. Antonio ib.
After reaching the City it is divided into several branches ib.
One along the Cœlian and over the Porta Capena to the Aventine 38
Another upon the old _agger_, and over the Porta Tiburtina to the
Prætorian Camp ib.
Excellent qualities of the Aqua Marcia ib.
IV. TEPULA.
Sources near Grotta Ferrata 39
_Specus_ joins the Marcia at the _Piscinæ_ 40
—— is carried into Rome on the Marcian arcade ib.
_Castellum Aquæ_ for it near the Porta Tiburtina (S. Lorenzo) ib.
V. JULIA.
Sources on Mons Algidus (near Tusculum), Frascati, and Grotta
Ferrata 41
_Specus_ passed near the Pagus Lemonius 42
—— on an arcade of rough stone ib.
—— then through a tunnel in the valley ib.
The Nymphæum of Alexander Severus, where the Trophies of Marius
were hung, was _not_ for the Aqua Julia, though usually called
so. It is at too high a level for that, and was for the Claudia
and Anio Novus united 43
_Cippi_ of _the three_ Aqueducts, found in 1869, near the railway
station 45
Remains of a reservoir near the Porta Chiusa, found in 1869 ib.
VI. VIRGO (AQUA DI TREVI).
Passages from Frontinus 46
Sources on the Via Collatina ib.
_Specus_ subterranean, but easily traced by the line of respirators 47
—— It follows the old road towards the Porta Maggiore 48
—— but turns to the north and enters Rome through the Pincian Hill,
under the Villa Medici ib.
—— It supplies the lower town and the fountain of Trevi ib.
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