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Ashby,T.: The classical Topography of the roman campagna. The via latina. Introduction
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Classical Topography of the Roman Campagna.—III. 27
phagi and reliefs, the date of the discovery of which is uncertain-
nos. 2321, 2788, 2873, 3390, 3804, 3866.1
On the left is the second Vigna Santambrogio, in which are two more
tombs, one of concrete of chips of selce with large blocks of peperino, the
other of fine brickwork (Tomassetti, 27). Here was probably found (it is
described as discovered in the Vigna Santambrogio on the left at the first
mile) the bone tessera published by De Rossi in Bull. Inst. 1873, J52>
Sophe TheorobathyIliana arbitrix emboliarum. Henzen, in C.I.L. vi. 10128,
explains it thus: that Theorus and Bathyllus were both pantomimists,
rivals of Pylades (Dio, liv. 17), so that supporters of the two former might
be described as Theorobathylliani: while emboliae are interludes or ballets.
If this was ever the Vigna Virili, we must attribute to it the inscription
C.I.L. vi. 10265 (a cippus bounding a sepulchral area belonging to the
Velineani—found, it is said, in the Vigna Virili at the first mile on the
left [sic]) and several others.2
On the same side is a vineyard now belonging to the Delvecchio
family, and before that successively to the Cremaschi, Manenti, Tuccimei,
Domenicani, Frediani, and the Trappists (if Tomassetti, 27 fin. is right, which,
with regard to the Cremaschi and Frediani at any rate, may be doubtful).
Here were found the inscriptions C.I.L. vi. 10109 (Tomassetti, while on
p. 29, note he is correct, on p. 32, note wrongly gives the provenance as the
Vigna Virili or Santambrogio, i.e. the third Vigna Santambrogio, which
is on the right), Sociarum mimarum, in ffionte) 'pydes xv, in agr(o)
p{edes) xii-—the joint tomb of a society of female pantomimists—16861,
17002 a, 23505, 26715 a.
Of the catacombs of the Via Latina very little is known : Marucchi
(Catacombe Romane, 1903, 248 seq.) divides them into three groups :—
(1) The cemetery and church of S. Gordianus ‘ ubi ipse cum fratre
Epimacho in una sepultura (iacet),’ and close by it the tombs of SS.
1 To the buildings found in this vineyard belong the following brickstamps : C.I.L. xv. 153,
159, 161, 163, 169, 190, 204, 386, 440, 537b, 541, 546, 564, 565I, 595b, 596c, 626, 707, 708a,
710b, 754a, 757, 795 a, 816 a, 824, 967, 970b, 1049, 1075a, 1138, 1201, 1261, 1322, 1325, 1327,
1350, 1528, 1569 a, 1697, 2040. Unluckily no plans or detailed records of their discovery exist, so
that they are of comparatively little use to us as evidence of date. On the Via Latina a few paving-
stones may be seen in situ at this point, portions perhaps of the piece of pavement which Nibby
(Analisi, iii. 588) notes as the only piece actually visible in his day as far as Tusculum. As we
shall see later, there are other pieces open to view at present.
2 C.I.L. vi. 14273, 14325, 14804, 14889, 15688, 16105, 16374, 18587, 20351, 22603, 24078,
24217, 25260, 25724, 27106, 27661, 28575.
phagi and reliefs, the date of the discovery of which is uncertain-
nos. 2321, 2788, 2873, 3390, 3804, 3866.1
On the left is the second Vigna Santambrogio, in which are two more
tombs, one of concrete of chips of selce with large blocks of peperino, the
other of fine brickwork (Tomassetti, 27). Here was probably found (it is
described as discovered in the Vigna Santambrogio on the left at the first
mile) the bone tessera published by De Rossi in Bull. Inst. 1873, J52>
Sophe TheorobathyIliana arbitrix emboliarum. Henzen, in C.I.L. vi. 10128,
explains it thus: that Theorus and Bathyllus were both pantomimists,
rivals of Pylades (Dio, liv. 17), so that supporters of the two former might
be described as Theorobathylliani: while emboliae are interludes or ballets.
If this was ever the Vigna Virili, we must attribute to it the inscription
C.I.L. vi. 10265 (a cippus bounding a sepulchral area belonging to the
Velineani—found, it is said, in the Vigna Virili at the first mile on the
left [sic]) and several others.2
On the same side is a vineyard now belonging to the Delvecchio
family, and before that successively to the Cremaschi, Manenti, Tuccimei,
Domenicani, Frediani, and the Trappists (if Tomassetti, 27 fin. is right, which,
with regard to the Cremaschi and Frediani at any rate, may be doubtful).
Here were found the inscriptions C.I.L. vi. 10109 (Tomassetti, while on
p. 29, note he is correct, on p. 32, note wrongly gives the provenance as the
Vigna Virili or Santambrogio, i.e. the third Vigna Santambrogio, which
is on the right), Sociarum mimarum, in ffionte) 'pydes xv, in agr(o)
p{edes) xii-—the joint tomb of a society of female pantomimists—16861,
17002 a, 23505, 26715 a.
Of the catacombs of the Via Latina very little is known : Marucchi
(Catacombe Romane, 1903, 248 seq.) divides them into three groups :—
(1) The cemetery and church of S. Gordianus ‘ ubi ipse cum fratre
Epimacho in una sepultura (iacet),’ and close by it the tombs of SS.
1 To the buildings found in this vineyard belong the following brickstamps : C.I.L. xv. 153,
159, 161, 163, 169, 190, 204, 386, 440, 537b, 541, 546, 564, 565I, 595b, 596c, 626, 707, 708a,
710b, 754a, 757, 795 a, 816 a, 824, 967, 970b, 1049, 1075a, 1138, 1201, 1261, 1322, 1325, 1327,
1350, 1528, 1569 a, 1697, 2040. Unluckily no plans or detailed records of their discovery exist, so
that they are of comparatively little use to us as evidence of date. On the Via Latina a few paving-
stones may be seen in situ at this point, portions perhaps of the piece of pavement which Nibby
(Analisi, iii. 588) notes as the only piece actually visible in his day as far as Tusculum. As we
shall see later, there are other pieces open to view at present.
2 C.I.L. vi. 14273, 14325, 14804, 14889, 15688, 16105, 16374, 18587, 20351, 22603, 24078,
24217, 25260, 25724, 27106, 27661, 28575.