Remarks on the Antiquities of Rome and Its Environs: Being a Classical and Topographical Survey of the Ruins of that Celebrated City |
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... Circus Agonalis was inundated by the Tyber . But as the city walls have been considerably extended on this side by Aurelian , the Circus Agonalis , and the temple of Venus Erycina , which stood without the ancient Porta Salara , are now ...
... Circus Agonalis was inundated by the Tyber . But as the city walls have been considerably extended on this side by Aurelian , the Circus Agonalis , and the temple of Venus Erycina , which stood without the ancient Porta Salara , are now ...
Page 95
... circus , as mentioned by some of the an- tiquaries . Festus § gives us the reason why the Romans built this singular temple , but of which I could find no remains .-- « Rediculi fanum extra portam Capenam fuit , quia accedens ad urbem ...
... circus , as mentioned by some of the an- tiquaries . Festus § gives us the reason why the Romans built this singular temple , but of which I could find no remains .-- « Rediculi fanum extra portam Capenam fuit , quia accedens ad urbem ...
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... Lumisden. A .. 00 · Section on the line C.D. looking towards the Carceries . бо 100 200 GE 300 D 400 Section on the line E PLAN of the CIRCUS , supposed to have bee be its present Situation . Section on the line E.F. looking.
... Lumisden. A .. 00 · Section on the line C.D. looking towards the Carceries . бо 100 200 GE 300 D 400 Section on the line E PLAN of the CIRCUS , supposed to have bee be its present Situation . Section on the line E.F. looking.
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... circus . Their passion for them was such , that Juvenal says , § " Duas tantum res anxius optat , Panem et circenses . " Fifteen circuses are supposed to have been in Rome and its environs . Many of them are entirely destroyed , and the ...
... circus . Their passion for them was such , that Juvenal says , § " Duas tantum res anxius optat , Panem et circenses . " Fifteen circuses are supposed to have been in Rome and its environs . Many of them are entirely destroyed , and the ...
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... circus , and likewise a view of its ruins . It is to be wished , however , that his plan had been a little more exact . He has placed the spina in the centre of the circus , that is , equally distant from the seats on each side ...
... circus , and likewise a view of its ruins . It is to be wished , however , that his plan had been a little more exact . He has placed the spina in the centre of the circus , that is , equally distant from the seats on each side ...
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afterwards Albano Alexander Severus amphitheatre ancient antiquaries antiquity Antoninus Appia aqueduct arch Augustus Aurelian Aventine hill baths buildings built called Campus Martius Capitol celebrated Celian Celian hill church of St Cicero circus columns dedicated defaced doubt elegant emperor engraved erected Esquiline hill feet formerly Forum gardens gate Hist honour Horace inscription Julius Cæsar Latium Livy magnificent marble mausoleum mentioned miles Mons monument Nero obelisk observed ornamented palace Palatine hill palms Pantheon perhaps Pietro Santi Bartoli Piranesi placed plate Plin Pliny Pompey Pons Ponte Pope Porta di S.Sebastiano portico preserved probably published quæ Quirinal hill reckoned remains remarkable rinal hill river road Roma Romæ Roman Rome Romulus ruins says Scipio seems seen sepulchre served Severus side statues stood Suet supposed temple of Jupiter theatre Tiber tine hill Tivoli trace Trajan triumphal Vespasian via Appia villa Virgil walls
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Page 305 - ... hoc, ubi nunc fora sunt, udae tenuere paludes ; amne redundatis fossa madebat aquis. Curtius ille lacus, siccas qui sustinet aras, nunc solida est tellus, sed lacus ante fuit.
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Page 295 - This was the most unkindest cut of all; For when the noble Caesar saw him stab, Ingratitude, more strong than traitors' arms, Quite vanquished him. Then burst his mighty heart; And in his mantle muffling up his face, Even at the base of Pompey's statue (Which all the while ran blood) great Caesar fell.