The Topography and Antiquities of Rome: Including the Recent Discoveries Made about the Forum and the Via Sacra, Volume 1 |
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Page 467 - Sed dum tota domus raeda componitur una, 10 substitit ad veteres arcus madidamque Capenam. hic, ubi nocturnae Numa constituebat amicae, nunc sacri fontis nemus et delubra locantur ludaeis, quorum cophinus faenumque supellex (omnis enim populo mercedem pendere iussa est 15 arbor et eiectis mendicat silva Camenis). in vallem Egeriae descendimus et speluncas dissimiles veris.
Page 131 - Lucus erat, quem medium ex opaco specu fons perenni rigabat aqua. Quo quia se persaepe Numa sine arbitris velut ad congressum deae inferebat, Camenis eum lucum sacravit, quod earum ibi concilia cum coniuge sua Egeria essent.
Page 459 - ... locus quem in condendis urbibus quondam Etrusci qua murum ducturi erant certis circa terminis inaugurato consecrabant, ut neque interiore parte aedificia moenibus continuarentur, quae nunc uolgo etiam coniungunt, et extrinsecus puri aliquid ab humano cultu pateret soli.
Page 93 - Appius caused the materials to be fetched from a great distance, so as to have all the stones hard and of the nature of millstones, such as are not to be found in this part of the country. Having ordered this material to be smoothed and polished, the stones were cut in corresponding angles, so as to fit together...
Page 95 - Ipsum cremare apud Romanos non fuit veteris instituti: terra condebantur. at postquam longinquis bellis obrutos erui cognovere, tune institutum. et tarnen multae familiae priscos servavere ritus, sicut in Cornelia nemo ante Sullam dictatorem traditur crematus, idque voluisse veritum talionem eruto C.
Page 304 - Tatium: quidam quod eo itinere utantur sacerdotes idulium sacrorum conficiendorum causa. itaque ne eatenus quidem, ut vulgus opinatur, sacra appellanda est a Regia ad domum regis sacrificuli, sed etiam a regis domo ad sacellum Streniae, et rursus a Regia usque in arcem.
Page 454 - Igitur a foro boario, ubi aereum tauri simulacrum adspicimus, quia id genus animalium aratro subditur, sulcus designandi oppidi cœptus, ut magnam Herculis aram amplecteretur. Inde certis spatiis interjecti lapides, per ima montis Palatini ad aram Consi, mox ad curias veteres, tum ad sacellum Larium : forumque Romanum et Capitolium non a Romulo, sed a T.
Page 92 - For constructing this great work, Appius caused the materials to be fetched from a great distance, so as to have all the stones hard and of the nature of millstones, such as are not to be found in this part of the country. Having ordered this material to be smoothed and polished, the stones were cut in...
Page 467 - Quanto prsesentius esset Numen aquae, viridi si margine clauderet undas Herba, nee ingenuum violarent marmora tophum...
Page 382 - A porta lugario vico in forum venere. In foro pompa constitit, et per manus reste data virgines sonum vocis pulsu pedum modulantes incesserunt. Inde vico Tusco Velabroque per Bovarium forum in clivum Publicium atque aedem lunonis Reginae perrectum.