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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. 243
IV.—From Prata Porci to Ad Quintanas
(from the Eleventh to the Fifteenth Milestone).
The site of the eleventh milestone is about 100 yards to the W. of the
Fosso di Prata Porci, almost due N. of the ruins of a large building on the
hill, probably a water reservoir, which is marked on the military map as
" SS. Apostoli." On the S. side of this hill, above the Valle della Morte,
are the remains of several villas. Furthest to the N.W., on the top of
a mound marked in the map 132 m., are extensive remains of concrete
foundations and opus reticulatum walls, with fragments of marble and
brick. Two of the latter bore the stamps C.I.L. xv. 1026 a, (circa 123 A.D.),
2272 (first century A.D.). To the S. are two well shafts cut into the rock
to some considerable depth, and further S.E. is a water reservoir on the
top of the hill. Further up the valley again, close to the point where the
aqueducts of the Claudia and Anio Novus cross it (the subterranean
channel of the former is now occupied by the stream for a short distance,
one of the original putei being still in fair preservation, while the piers of
the bridge of the latter still remain), are traces of a villa. I saw a fine
marble cornice and some terra-cotta water (or hot air) pipes embedded in
plaster. Here was found a marble tablet bearing the following inscription
in badly cut letters 2 cm. high. The inscription, which has been since
published in Not. Scan. 1901, 327, I copied on the spot.
D M
FECIT BATI he
NIANVS• F
RATESVO-A sic
GATHOPO
BENEMERE
NTEQVIVIB sic
F?HTA^&
On the hill above the villa is a large water reservoir, consisting of many
small short interconnected passages hewn in the rock, which is coated with
strong cement. A similar reservoir exists in a fine state of preservation in
the centre of the upper platform of the large Roman villa in the garden of
the Villa Doria at Albano.
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IV.—From Prata Porci to Ad Quintanas
(from the Eleventh to the Fifteenth Milestone).
The site of the eleventh milestone is about 100 yards to the W. of the
Fosso di Prata Porci, almost due N. of the ruins of a large building on the
hill, probably a water reservoir, which is marked on the military map as
" SS. Apostoli." On the S. side of this hill, above the Valle della Morte,
are the remains of several villas. Furthest to the N.W., on the top of
a mound marked in the map 132 m., are extensive remains of concrete
foundations and opus reticulatum walls, with fragments of marble and
brick. Two of the latter bore the stamps C.I.L. xv. 1026 a, (circa 123 A.D.),
2272 (first century A.D.). To the S. are two well shafts cut into the rock
to some considerable depth, and further S.E. is a water reservoir on the
top of the hill. Further up the valley again, close to the point where the
aqueducts of the Claudia and Anio Novus cross it (the subterranean
channel of the former is now occupied by the stream for a short distance,
one of the original putei being still in fair preservation, while the piers of
the bridge of the latter still remain), are traces of a villa. I saw a fine
marble cornice and some terra-cotta water (or hot air) pipes embedded in
plaster. Here was found a marble tablet bearing the following inscription
in badly cut letters 2 cm. high. The inscription, which has been since
published in Not. Scan. 1901, 327, I copied on the spot.
D M
FECIT BATI he
NIANVS• F
RATESVO-A sic
GATHOPO
BENEMERE
NTEQVIVIB sic
F?HTA^&
On the hill above the villa is a large water reservoir, consisting of many
small short interconnected passages hewn in the rock, which is coated with
strong cement. A similar reservoir exists in a fine state of preservation in
the centre of the upper platform of the large Roman villa in the garden of
the Villa Doria at Albano.
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