THE ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY OF THE CITY OF ROME
Abridged from J. H. PARKER's "Archaeology of Rome". For the use of students. Parker and co. Oxford, and 6 Southampton-street Strand, London. 1881CONTENTS
CHAPTER I
Of the Materials used in Building at Rome, and of the Various Styles of Construction (1)
Modes of Construction (4)CHAPTER II
Roma Quadrata (11)CHAPTER III
The City on the Two Hills (23)CHAPTER IV
The Fortifications on the other Five Hills, and on the Heights adjacent (32)CHAPTER V
The City on the Seven Hills within one Enclosure (46)CHAPTER VI
The Agger of Taequinius the Second (55)
Later Fortifications (59)CHAPTER VII
The Walls of Aurelian and Honorius (67)CHAPTER VIII
The Streets and Roads (79)CHAPTER IX
The Acqueducts (93)CHAPTER X
The Thermae (115)CHAPTER XI
Forum Romanum (122)CHAPTER XII
The Mamertine Prison (137)CHAPTER XIII
The Mausolea and Tombs of Rome (140)CHAPTER XIV
The Colosseum, or Flavian Amphiteatre (151)CHAPTER XV
Palaces of the Caesars (162)LIST OF PLATES to illustrate
CHAPTER I - Opus Quadratum - Squared Work, A.U.C. 3, B.C. 750; Opus Incertum - Irregular Work, A.U.C. 558, B.C. 750; Opus Reticulatum - Reticulated, or Net-work, A.U.C. 725, B.C. 28 to A.D. 118; Opus Lateritium - Brickwork, A.U.C. 810, B.C. 57.
CHAPTER II - Roma Quadrata. Plan of the Surface and the Sides; Details of the Sides of the Primitive City; Details of the Great Foss; Bath-chambers of Livia, made in that Foss; Section of it, at the West End. A Cave-reservoir of rain-water, with a well descending into it from the surface of the hill, and a peculiar hollow come at the foot of the well; A Similar Cave-reservoir at Alba Longa- with a similar well and hollow cone, on the bank of the Lake of Albano; Remains of the Primitive Fortifications on the east end of the Capitoline Hill, long conceales in the cellars of Ara Coeli.
CHAPTER III - Plan of the City on the Two Hills; Tower of the same in the Forum of Augustus; Part of the Second Wall of Rome, with remains of a Gateway (afterwards in the Forum of Nerva, with the figure of Pallas over it); Cloaca Maxima, the part visible in the Forum Romanum; Pulchrum Littus, and exit of the River Almo into the Tiber (near the Forum Boarium).
CHAPTER IV and V - Wall of the Latins on the Aventine; Muro-Torto, at the N.E. corner of the Wall of Rome; Porta Capena, in the Wall of Servius Tullius, Exterior of the lower part of the Western Tower of the Gate, with the Excavations of 1868; Interior of the same Tower, with the Acqueduct passing through it; Porta Capena (Part of the Acqueduct, near the Gate; Section of the Eastern Tower of the Gate; Part of the Arcade of the Acqueuct, and of the Crepido or footpath of the Via Appia); Rampart of Serviu Tullius, on the Viminal (near the Railway Station); Part of the Agger or Rampart, and Wall of Servius Tullius (in the Exquiliae), near the Porta Tiburtina; Plan and Section of the Horn-work at the north end of the Rampart-the north east corner of Rome (on which the House of Sallust was built).
CHAPTER VI - Part of the Wall of Tarquinius II, between the Praetorian Camp and the Porta Tiburtina. General View in 1880; Section of the same part of the Wall and Rampart.
CHAPTER VII - Porta Maggiore (Praenestina, Labicana, Esquilina, Sessoriana); Porta Asinaria (of the Asinii); Porta Appia (or di S. Sebastiano); Wall of Aurelian, part of the exterior; Corridor (for the Sentinel's path); Another part of the Corridor of Aurelian.
CHAPTER VIII - Part of the Via Appia, near Ariccia-work of Appius Claudius, on an embankment, passing across a swamp; Ponte Nono, on the Via Gabina, or Praenestina; a Bridge of very early character, crossing the river Anio near Gabii, at nine miles from the original Gate in the Inner Wall of Rome.
CHAPTER IX - Arcade of the Acqueducts Claudia and Anio Novus, near Roma Vecchia; Arches of Nero, near the Porta Maggiore, crossing the Great Foss of the Sessorium; Septizonium, or Sette Basse, on the Esquiline Hill; Interior of a Castellum Aquae, or Reservoir.
CHAPTER X - The Partheum, Front with Portico; Back of the Pantheum, time of Agrippa, shewing the original construction and fine cornice; Therme of Caracalla, part of the Porticus added by Alexander Severus; Part of the Hot-air Chamber on the western side of the Therme.
CHAPTER XI - Forum Romanum, General View from the Palatine, looking north in 1878; View of Rostrum (from Sculpture on the Arch of Costantine); The Emperor Marcus Aurelius addressing the Citizeens (from Sculpture on on of the Marble Walls, excavated in 1872); Forum of Trajan, the three Tiers of Shops at the east end. Plan and Section.
CHAPTER XIII - Columbaria in a public Burial-vault on the Via Appia, just within the Porta Appia; Tomb of the Lateran Family, on the edge of the Great Foss that separated the Lateran Palace and garden from the Celian Hill; Tomb of Baker Eurysaces and his wife Aristia, at the Porta Maggiore.
CHAPTER XIV - The Colosseum, General View of the nort-east side, the most perfect part of the Exterior in 1870; Part of the Interior, shewing the early walls to support the floor, and the dens for Lions under the lower gallery, as excavated in 1878; Probable restoration of part of the Substructure, with wild animals carried up in cages, and them leaping on the stage.
CHAPTER XV - Chambers in the House of Hortensius, afterwards of Augustus. The walls are faces with opus reticulatum of the time of Augustus; Part of the Palace of Tiberius on the Palatine Hill. The palace nearly joins to that of Augustus, the Substructure corresponds with that of the Guard chambers in the Praetorian Camp, on the north side, built by Tiberius.