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The Topography and Antiquities of Rome (2); Including Recent Discoveries Made About the Forum and the Via Sacra
The Topography and Antiquities of Rome Including Recent Discoveries Made About the Forum and the Via Sacra - 2 Author:Richard Burgess Volume: 2 General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1831 Original Publisher: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown and Greene Subjects: Rome (Italy) History / Ancient / Rome History / Europe / Italy Travel / Europe / Italy Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may... more » be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: CHRONOLOGICAL ARRANGEMENT OF THE ANTIQUITIES, Particulars of which will be found by referring to the General Index. FIRST PERIOD. BEFORE THE CHRISTIAN -iERA 752 510. Monuments of the Kings remaining. Mamertine Prison. Cloaca Maxima. Vestiges of the Pulchrum Littus (see Quay). Vestiges of the Walls of Servius Tullius. SECOND PERIOD. BEFORE THE CHRISTIAN JERA 510, TO THE BATTLE OF ACTIUM, B. C. 31. Monuments of the Republic remaining. Column of C. Duilius, a fragment. Capitol; some remains under the Palazzo Caffarelli. Sepulchre of the Scipios. Some remains of others on the Via Appia. Temple of Fortuna Virilis. of Juno Matuta, of Hope, and of Piety, in the Forum Olitorium. of Hercules Custos. Sepulchre of C. Poblicius Bibulus. Aqueduct (Marcian). Tabularium. Island of the Tyber; some facing of travertine stone. Tomb of Caecilia Metella. Theatre of Pompey ; the foundations. Aqueduct of Agrippa, repaired by Claudius. Circus Maximus ; some slight vestiges. THIRD PERIOD. FROM THE YEAR 31 BEFORE CHRIST, TO THE DEATH OF AUGUSTUS, A. D. 14, AND TO THE FALL OF THE WESTERN EMPIRE, A. D. 476. Monuments of the Empire remaining. Of the Augustan age. Baths of Agrippa. Pantheon. Pyramid of Caius Cestius. Salinae. Sepulchres and Columbaria on the Via Appia. Forum of Augustus. House of Maecenas. Mausoleum of Augustus. Palace of the Caesars ; Augustus's portion. Arch of Drusus. Crypta Balbi. The...« less