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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... built of wood and reeds , and confined to the Palatine bill , and of Imperial Rome , the capital of the world under the emperors . Simple in its beginning , it became at last the first of cities . Rome , notwithstanding the magnificence ...
... built of wood and reeds , and confined to the Palatine bill , and of Imperial Rome , the capital of the world under the emperors . Simple in its beginning , it became at last the first of cities . Rome , notwithstanding the magnificence ...
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... built to a proper height ; but what that height was , is not mentioned by Tacitus : perhaps it was the same as regulated . by Augustus . But Trajan afterwards limited the height of houses to sixty feet- " statuens , ne domorum altitudo ...
... built to a proper height ; but what that height was , is not mentioned by Tacitus : perhaps it was the same as regulated . by Augustus . But Trajan afterwards limited the height of houses to sixty feet- " statuens , ne domorum altitudo ...
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... built with marble in the place of brick . This taste for building increased much under the emperors , and continued to do so till the time of Dioclesian . But architecture and sculpture seem to have been in their greatest perfection in ...
... built with marble in the place of brick . This taste for building increased much under the emperors , and continued to do so till the time of Dioclesian . But architecture and sculpture seem to have been in their greatest perfection in ...
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... built by Aurelian , partly re- built by Belisarius , on the same foundation , and partly by the Popes . But from time to time , the whole have been re- paired . Rome was early divided into four quarters , or what were called regiones ...
... built by Aurelian , partly re- built by Belisarius , on the same foundation , and partly by the Popes . But from time to time , the whole have been re- paired . Rome was early divided into four quarters , or what were called regiones ...
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... built by Vignola , and is an elegant piece of Doric architecture : the inside was ornamented by Bernini , when Christina , Queen of Sweden , A. D. 1655 , made her entry into Rome . This access to the city is magnificent . † This gate ...
... built by Vignola , and is an elegant piece of Doric architecture : the inside was ornamented by Bernini , when Christina , Queen of Sweden , A. D. 1655 , made her entry into Rome . This access to the city is magnificent . † This gate ...
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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 419 - Mandela bibit, rugosus frigore pagus, 105 quid sentire putas? quid credis, amice, precari? sit mihi quod nunc est, etiam minus, et mihi vivam quod superest aevi, si quid superesse volunt di ; sit bona librorum et provisae frugis in annum copia, neu fluitem dubiae spe pendulus horae.
Page 421 - Aura feret geminusque Pollux. XXX. EXEOI monumentum aere perennius Regalique situ pyramidum altius, Quod non imber edax, non Aquilo impotens Possit diruere aut innumerabilis Annorum series et fuga temporum. Non omnis moriar, multaque pars mei Vitabit Libitinam : usque ego postera Crescam laude recens dum Capitolium Scandet cum tacita virgine pontifex.
Page 233 - Nymph of the grot, these sacred springs I keep : And to the murmur of these waters sleep : Ah spare my slumbers, gently tread the cave, And drink in silence, or in silence lave.
Page 436 - Qui, quid sit pulchrum, quid turpe, quid utile, quid non, Plenius ac melius Chrysippo et Crantore dicit.
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Page 390 - Nee ripas datur horrendas et rauca fluenta transportare prius quam sedibus ossa quierunt. Centum errant annos volitantque haec litora circum ; turn demum admissi stagna exoptata revisunt.
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.
Page 103 - ... nonne vides, cum praecipiti certamine campum corripuere, ruuntque effusi carcere currus, cum spes adrectae iuvenum, exsultantiaque haurit 105 corda pavor pulsans? illi instant verbere torto et proni dant lora...
Page 37 - Coepi egomet mecum sic cogitare: 'Hem! nos homunculi indignamur, si quis nostrum interiit aut occisus est, quorum vita brevior esse debet, cum uno loco tot oppidum cadavera proiecta iacent? Visne tu te, Servi, cohibere et meminisse hominem te esse natum?
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.