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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... placed their own and their predeces- sors ' images , that they might be seen by the people . They seem to have been busts made of wax : " Tota licet veteres exornent undique ceræ Atria , nobilitas sola est atque unica virtus . " Juv ...
... placed their own and their predeces- sors ' images , that they might be seen by the people . They seem to have been busts made of wax : " Tota licet veteres exornent undique ceræ Atria , nobilitas sola est atque unica virtus . " Juv ...
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... placed ; whose right hand passengers kissed— " boni ominis causa . " None of these now remain . Nor do I remember that this superstitious custom is taken notice of by any author but Lucretius . The philosophic poet mentioning the ...
... placed ; whose right hand passengers kissed— " boni ominis causa . " None of these now remain . Nor do I remember that this superstitious custom is taken notice of by any author but Lucretius . The philosophic poet mentioning the ...
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... placed it at Cività Castellana , thirty - five miles from Rome , and where they have set up mo- dern inscriptions to assert it . Some , indeed , have placed it at Castelnuovo , the second post from Rome on the via Flaminia : others near ...
... placed it at Cività Castellana , thirty - five miles from Rome , and where they have set up mo- dern inscriptions to assert it . Some , indeed , have placed it at Castelnuovo , the second post from Rome on the via Flaminia : others near ...
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... placed in it her statue or portrait . This aqueduct , now called di Trevi , and whose water is ex- cellent , was brought to Rome by M. Agrippa . It is for it that the magnificent fountain , fontana di Trevi , at the foot of the Quirinal ...
... placed in it her statue or portrait . This aqueduct , now called di Trevi , and whose water is ex- cellent , was brought to Rome by M. Agrippa . It is for it that the magnificent fountain , fontana di Trevi , at the foot of the Quirinal ...
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... placed on the east side of the modern house of this vineyard , which , as it has not been published , so far as I know , I shall here tran- scribe . Temple of Hope . D. M. M. AVRELIVS . SYNTOMVS . ET AVRELIA MARCIANE . EDIFICIVM CVM ...
... placed on the east side of the modern house of this vineyard , which , as it has not been published , so far as I know , I shall here tran- scribe . Temple of Hope . D. M. M. AVRELIVS . SYNTOMVS . ET AVRELIA MARCIANE . EDIFICIVM CVM ...
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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.
Page 7 - Excudent alii spirantia mollius aera, Credo equidem, vivos ducent de marmore vultus, Orabunt causas melius, caelique meatus Describent radio et surgentia sidera dicent; Tu regere imperio populos, Romane, memento : Hae tibi erunt artes, pacisque imponere morem, Parcere subiectis, et debellare superbos.
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.