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

HISTORICAL PHOTOGRAPHS ILLUSTRATING
THE WALLS AND GATES OF ROME.

Arranged in Topographical Order, beginning at the North end
of Rome, the Porta Flaminia, or del Popolo.
[ The numbers refer to Mr. Parker's Catalogue. ]

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

i. Porta del Popolo to Porta
Pinciana.

Porta del Popolo, Exterior, A. D. 1562,
(built from a design of Michael An-
gelo,) with the entrance to the Eng-
lish Chapel. J353
Muro Torto. Part of the northern side
of the Palace of Sylla (?), B.C. 70. i
Another view, shewing the over-
hanging wall in the lower part, and
the upper part vertical, in a series of
niches and buttresses. The construc-
tion is of rubble faced with small
diamond-shaped blocks of tufa, an
early example of Opus Reticulatum,
or net-work. The angles are formed
of oblong blocks of tufa, of nearly the
shape of modern English bricks, but
a little larger; they are often mistaken
for bricks. This wall was considered
as under the special protection of
S. Peter at the time of the siege by
the Goths, (Procopius, de Bello Go-
thico, ii. 29.) 762
■-- Palace of Sylla (?), B.C. 70. Part
of the Eastern side (now concealed
by a hideous modern wall) built to
support the earth and promenade. 2
•-Details of this, Opus Reticulatum.
On this side the wall is built in a
double series of niches, correspond-
ing with the upper part of the north-
ern side. 1533
Towers and Wall now under the Villa
Medici : the lower part, repairs of
Belisarius, c. a. d. 520 (?), the upper
part modern. 3

View from a bastion in the garden of the
French Academy, to shew an angle
of the wall and the foss-way. 1301
Palace of Sylla, b.c. 80 (?). Plan, with
the Muro Torto, the Porta Flaminia,
and the Piazza del Popolo. 170*
Tower of Aurelian, a.d. 275, the only
one that remains perfect. 64
Other Towers of Aurelian (Vopiscus,
39). 4
Part destroyed by the Goths, and re-
built under Belisarius, c. a.d. 520(?).
Under the wall is a part of the arcade
of the Aqua Virgo, the old line of
which passed along on this bank,
(Procopius, de Bello Gothico, lib. i.
c. xxiii. and lib. ii. c. ix.) This has
been restored in 1871. 5
2. Porta Pinciana to Porta
Salaria.
Porta Pinciana, Honorius, A.D. 403 (In-
scription), partly rebuilt by King
Theodoric, a.d. 520 (Cassiodorus). 6
-Exterior, Stone Arch, A.D. 403,
Honorius (Brick Towers, Theodoric,
a.d. 520). 668
-Interior, with part of the Wall of
Aurelian, and of the Corridor for the
sentinels. 1300
Two Towers near the Porta Pinciana ;
I. of Brick, of Aurelian, a.d. 275,
built on the old Moenia; 2. repaired
by the Popes, c. a.d. 850. 671
Other Towers and Wall of Aurelian,
a.d. 275. 670

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