Parker, John Henry: The archaeology of Rome (1,text): I. The primitive fortifications (Oxford [u.a.], 1874)

HISTORICAL PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE
PRIMITIVE FORTIFICATIONS OF ROME.
{The members refer to Mr. Parker's Catalogue.}

Those marked with * are from drawings, valuable for historical purposes,
but not as photographs.

FIRST PERIOD, a.u.c. 1 to 30(?),
b.c. 753—720(?).
The Palatine Hill.
Plan ancl Sections of that Hill.
95*, 96*, 97*
Walls—General View of the north-west
corner of the Hill, shewing the tufa
Wall of Romulus (?) against the upper
cliff, with walls of the Republic and
of the Empire built up against it and
upon it. 106
-- View of a portion of the tufa Wall
separately, shewing the construction
at the north-west corner. 105, 779
-- Another part of the same Wall,
with Guard Chambers of a Palace of
the Caesars, and stairs built against it.
114
-Remains of one of the unfinished
Towers of Romulus (?) on the terrace
at the north end. 1452
■ -- Remains of another of the un¬
finished Towers at the north end,
shewing portions of the two side walls
of tufa, with concrete wall of the Re-
public, and brickwork of the Empire
built upon them. 1453
- Portion of another tufa Wall at
the south-west corner of the Arx or
Citadel of Romulus (?) {Roma Qua-
drata), on the northern side of his
.great foss across the middle of the
Palatine Hill. 2235
■ - Another portion of the same Wall,
afterwards used as the podium or base-
ment of a temple ; it stands upon the
tufa rock at the edge of the foss on
the northern side of it. 2232
G 3

Walls—Fragment of the tufa Wall on
the southern side of the foss, afterwards
used to support the side of a sloping
paved road of the time of the early
Empire ; this wall is much decayed.
2295
■ -View of the south-east angle of
the Hill near the Colosseum, shew-
ing the Scarped Cliff, with a Wall of
the Caesars built up against it. 117
Walls of the same Period, for
comparison.
Tusculum—The Acropolis, Scarped
Cliffs and Gate. 1897,1898,1899,1900
Alba Longa—Scarped Cliff with Wall.
1939*
- Cave Reservoir of Water, under
the Arx, with peculiar wells of conical
shape. 1940*
■ -- Similar Reservoir on the Pala¬
tine. 366*
Gabii—Scarped Cliffs with Wall, and
with the Modern Village, shewing
the character of the Primitive habita-
tions. 1582
Volterra—Etruscan Walls (under Santa
Chiara). 2394, 2395
SECOND PERIOD, A.u.c. 30—60(?).
Wall enclosing the Palatine and
the Hill of Saturn in one City.
(Dionysius, lib. i. c. 66.)
Plan and Sections of the Hill of Saturn,
afterwards the Capitol. 119*
View of the Tarpeian Rock. 120
Plan—Shewing the site of remains of
the wall extending from the north-
east corner of the Hill of Saturn {then
87*