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Xll CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I.
VEIL—The City.
PAGE
Historical interest of Veii—Site determined to be near Isola Farnese—First view
of Veii—Isola—The Cicerone—The mill—Fragments of Walls—Forum of
Roman Veii—Piazza d' Armi, the Arx of Veii—Capture of Veii—The
cutiieulus of Camillus—La Scaletta—Columbarium in the cliffs—Ruins
of a bridge—Natural bridge, called Ponte Sodo—Remains of the ancient
walls—Singular masonry—Use of bricks—Ponte Formello — Ancient
road—Ponte d' Isola,—Antiquity of Etruscan bridges—Extent of the
Etruscan city—Past greatness and present desolation—Roman mimicipiwm
—Progress of destruction—Interior of a capwma—Shepherd life on the
Campagna—History of Veii—Fourteen Wars with Rome—Heroism and
fate of the Fabii—Ten years' siege—Legend of the Alban Lake—Fall of
Veii—Isola Farnese, the necropolis of Veii—Ancient roads and water-
courses—Hints to travellers . ........1
Appendix. The mine of Camillus—Sepulchral niches, and modes of sepulture
—Ponte Sodo—Veii one of the Twelve—Isola Farnese not the Arx of
Veii, nor the Castle of the Fabii........37
CHAPTER II.
VEII.—The Cemeteet.
Little to be seen in the necropolis—Sepulchral tumuli—Scenery around Veii—
Grotta Campana, a painted tomb—Singular parti-coloured figures—Inter-
pretation of the paintings—Helmet with a death-thrust—Great antiquity
of the tomb proved by the paintings and masonry—Ancient sepulchral
pottery and urns—Analogy between tombs and houses—No epitaph for
the glorious dead ....-• . . ... . . . .45
CHAPTER III.
CASTEL GIUBILEO.—FIDENjM.
The banks of the Tiber—Site of Antemnse—Anglo-Roman Sports—Campagna
scenes and sounds—Sites of ancient deeds—Ponte Salaro—Site and
vestiges of Fidense—Historical notices—A panorama . . . .62
Appendix. The eight captures of Fidense .......75
CHAPTER IV.
SUTRL—SUTRIUM.
Vandals still in Italy—Via Clodia—Baccano and its lake—Monte Razzano—
Campagnano—Monte Musino—Popular legends—Scrofano—Monterosi—
Ronciglione—Site of Sutrium—Ancient walls and gates—Village learning
—History of Sutrium— Alliance with Rome—Rock-hewn church—Cata-
CHAPTER I.
VEIL—The City.
PAGE
Historical interest of Veii—Site determined to be near Isola Farnese—First view
of Veii—Isola—The Cicerone—The mill—Fragments of Walls—Forum of
Roman Veii—Piazza d' Armi, the Arx of Veii—Capture of Veii—The
cutiieulus of Camillus—La Scaletta—Columbarium in the cliffs—Ruins
of a bridge—Natural bridge, called Ponte Sodo—Remains of the ancient
walls—Singular masonry—Use of bricks—Ponte Formello — Ancient
road—Ponte d' Isola,—Antiquity of Etruscan bridges—Extent of the
Etruscan city—Past greatness and present desolation—Roman mimicipiwm
—Progress of destruction—Interior of a capwma—Shepherd life on the
Campagna—History of Veii—Fourteen Wars with Rome—Heroism and
fate of the Fabii—Ten years' siege—Legend of the Alban Lake—Fall of
Veii—Isola Farnese, the necropolis of Veii—Ancient roads and water-
courses—Hints to travellers . ........1
Appendix. The mine of Camillus—Sepulchral niches, and modes of sepulture
—Ponte Sodo—Veii one of the Twelve—Isola Farnese not the Arx of
Veii, nor the Castle of the Fabii........37
CHAPTER II.
VEII.—The Cemeteet.
Little to be seen in the necropolis—Sepulchral tumuli—Scenery around Veii—
Grotta Campana, a painted tomb—Singular parti-coloured figures—Inter-
pretation of the paintings—Helmet with a death-thrust—Great antiquity
of the tomb proved by the paintings and masonry—Ancient sepulchral
pottery and urns—Analogy between tombs and houses—No epitaph for
the glorious dead ....-• . . ... . . . .45
CHAPTER III.
CASTEL GIUBILEO.—FIDENjM.
The banks of the Tiber—Site of Antemnse—Anglo-Roman Sports—Campagna
scenes and sounds—Sites of ancient deeds—Ponte Salaro—Site and
vestiges of Fidense—Historical notices—A panorama . . . .62
Appendix. The eight captures of Fidense .......75
CHAPTER IV.
SUTRL—SUTRIUM.
Vandals still in Italy—Via Clodia—Baccano and its lake—Monte Razzano—
Campagnano—Monte Musino—Popular legends—Scrofano—Monterosi—
Ronciglione—Site of Sutrium—Ancient walls and gates—Village learning
—History of Sutrium— Alliance with Rome—Rock-hewn church—Cata-