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Ashby, Thomas: The classical topography of the roman Campagna, 1
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Classical Topography of the Roman Campagna.—I. 197
di un sepolcro a molte miglia da Roma." No. 2824 was found in 1794 not
far from the road, near Pantano (i.e. on the right) on the Cesi property in
the excavation made by Principe Augusto. It belongs probably to the
year 511 A.D., and is in honour of one Felix v(ir) i(nlustris) ex console
ord(inarius). In a field wall close to the Temple of Juno Stevenson (MS.
cit. f. 7) copied the following inscription, cut upon a block of tufa similar
to those of which the temple is built, but broken, and therefore measuring
only 0*40 X 0'23 metres.
DE
Before the D he saw traces of a letter, either N or A: the lettering
was very large. Here he also found two copies of the brick stamp
CP EI SAB INI: and another fragment of an inscription / CRI/
In the collection of terra-cottas at Bale are two pieces from Gabii (from
the Horner and Muller collection) (1) Room I. 4 (Bernoulli, Catalogue, p. 22)
Female head with laurel or olive garland, diadem and veil. The head
is flat behind the veil, as if in relief: it is probably part of a statue, (2)
Room I. 45 (op. cit. p. 31) left foot and sandal 0'245 m. in length.
VI.—From Gabii to Cavamonte
(front the Twelfth to the Eighteenth Milestone).
On the opposite (S.) side of the Via Praenestina to Gabii lies the great
plain known as Pantano (swamp). This large basin is probably of volcanic
origin, and may have contained a lake in prehistoric times, which, however,
owing to the small volume, perhaps, of the springs which fed it, never
attained any very great depth ; for the floor of the valley is absolutely flat,
and its banks, on the W. side especially, are not of sufficient height to
allow of any great depth of water being contained within them. That the
Lake Regillus is to be placed here, in accordance with the nomenclature
of the Staff Map (derived from a conjecture of Rosa's) is highly improbable
(see Rendiconti dei Lincei, 1898, 120, Classical Review, 1898, 470).
The basin was probably always somewhat swampy, as it is almost entirely
barren of traces of antiquity. There are no bricks, no pottery, no signs of
human habitation ; almost the only remains are the aqueduct of the Aqua
Alexandrina (the springs of which are now used for the Acqua Felice), which
winds across the plain, adopting a sinuous course in order to keep on the
boundary line between two properties, and a large quantity of paving
di un sepolcro a molte miglia da Roma." No. 2824 was found in 1794 not
far from the road, near Pantano (i.e. on the right) on the Cesi property in
the excavation made by Principe Augusto. It belongs probably to the
year 511 A.D., and is in honour of one Felix v(ir) i(nlustris) ex console
ord(inarius). In a field wall close to the Temple of Juno Stevenson (MS.
cit. f. 7) copied the following inscription, cut upon a block of tufa similar
to those of which the temple is built, but broken, and therefore measuring
only 0*40 X 0'23 metres.
DE
Before the D he saw traces of a letter, either N or A: the lettering
was very large. Here he also found two copies of the brick stamp
CP EI SAB INI: and another fragment of an inscription / CRI/
In the collection of terra-cottas at Bale are two pieces from Gabii (from
the Horner and Muller collection) (1) Room I. 4 (Bernoulli, Catalogue, p. 22)
Female head with laurel or olive garland, diadem and veil. The head
is flat behind the veil, as if in relief: it is probably part of a statue, (2)
Room I. 45 (op. cit. p. 31) left foot and sandal 0'245 m. in length.
VI.—From Gabii to Cavamonte
(front the Twelfth to the Eighteenth Milestone).
On the opposite (S.) side of the Via Praenestina to Gabii lies the great
plain known as Pantano (swamp). This large basin is probably of volcanic
origin, and may have contained a lake in prehistoric times, which, however,
owing to the small volume, perhaps, of the springs which fed it, never
attained any very great depth ; for the floor of the valley is absolutely flat,
and its banks, on the W. side especially, are not of sufficient height to
allow of any great depth of water being contained within them. That the
Lake Regillus is to be placed here, in accordance with the nomenclature
of the Staff Map (derived from a conjecture of Rosa's) is highly improbable
(see Rendiconti dei Lincei, 1898, 120, Classical Review, 1898, 470).
The basin was probably always somewhat swampy, as it is almost entirely
barren of traces of antiquity. There are no bricks, no pottery, no signs of
human habitation ; almost the only remains are the aqueduct of the Aqua
Alexandrina (the springs of which are now used for the Acqua Felice), which
winds across the plain, adopting a sinuous course in order to keep on the
boundary line between two properties, and a large quantity of paving