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Appendix, on the Pomcerium.
rium without enlarging it. In fact, he had not enlarged the boun-
daries of the Empire; on the contrary, he had reduced them, and
had lost the greater part of the conquests of the great Trajan ; he
had abandoned Armenia and the other provinces situated beyond
the Euphrates.
The limits of the pomoerium were marked out by cippi, or boun-
dary stones of travertine, placed at nearly equal distances all round
the city. Each cippus had its proper number, and the distance
from the nearest one, calculated in feet.
In front, it had the inscription giving the
name of the person who had enlarged the
sacred limits of the city.
We have very few of these cippi remain¬
ing ; it appears that, even in very early
times, the sacred space of the pomcerium
was encroached upon by houses or other
buildings, which concealed the cippi in such
a manner that it was necessary to replace
them, but probably the greater part of
these stones still remain, buried in the
foundations of the houses. They are of
a peculiar shape as drawn by Boissard, having a sort of lip over-
hanging at the top.
The following are all the cippi that we know of as now re-
maining, or having been found in situ.
POMCERIUM OF AUGUSTUS.
I.
C . MARCIVS . L . F . L . N .
CENSORINVS
C . ASINIVS . C . F . GALLVS
COS
EX . S . C . TERMIN .
Cajus Marcius, Lucii filius, Lucii
nepos, Censorinus ; Cajus Asinius, Caji
filius, Gallus, consules; ex Senatus
consulto terminaverunt.
This is of the year 746 of Rome, b.c. 8, and of the 21st year of
Augustus, reckoned from the time when he received the Imperial
purple.
This cippus is of travertine, 7 ft. high, 2 ft. wide, and r foot thick.
It was found in the sixteenth century outside of the Porta Flaminia
(or del Popolo), between the river and the Via Flaminia, but nearer
to the river, and nearly isolated. It was carried to the garden of
Cardinal Carpi near the Colosseum, now belonging to the monastery
of the Mendicant Friarsp.
? Gruter, p. 196, No. 1.
Appendix, on the Pomcerium.
rium without enlarging it. In fact, he had not enlarged the boun-
daries of the Empire; on the contrary, he had reduced them, and
had lost the greater part of the conquests of the great Trajan ; he
had abandoned Armenia and the other provinces situated beyond
the Euphrates.
The limits of the pomoerium were marked out by cippi, or boun-
dary stones of travertine, placed at nearly equal distances all round
the city. Each cippus had its proper number, and the distance
from the nearest one, calculated in feet.
In front, it had the inscription giving the
name of the person who had enlarged the
sacred limits of the city.
We have very few of these cippi remain¬
ing ; it appears that, even in very early
times, the sacred space of the pomcerium
was encroached upon by houses or other
buildings, which concealed the cippi in such
a manner that it was necessary to replace
them, but probably the greater part of
these stones still remain, buried in the
foundations of the houses. They are of
a peculiar shape as drawn by Boissard, having a sort of lip over-
hanging at the top.
The following are all the cippi that we know of as now re-
maining, or having been found in situ.
POMCERIUM OF AUGUSTUS.
I.
C . MARCIVS . L . F . L . N .
CENSORINVS
C . ASINIVS . C . F . GALLVS
COS
EX . S . C . TERMIN .
Cajus Marcius, Lucii filius, Lucii
nepos, Censorinus ; Cajus Asinius, Caji
filius, Gallus, consules; ex Senatus
consulto terminaverunt.
This is of the year 746 of Rome, b.c. 8, and of the 21st year of
Augustus, reckoned from the time when he received the Imperial
purple.
This cippus is of travertine, 7 ft. high, 2 ft. wide, and r foot thick.
It was found in the sixteenth century outside of the Porta Flaminia
(or del Popolo), between the river and the Via Flaminia, but nearer
to the river, and nearly isolated. It was carried to the garden of
Cardinal Carpi near the Colosseum, now belonging to the monastery
of the Mendicant Friarsp.
? Gruter, p. 196, No. 1.