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

Photographs of the Walls and Gates.

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Arch of Augustus at the Porta Tibur-
tina, with two inscriptions of the
Aqueducts, one of Augustus, B.C. 3,
the other of repairs by Caracalla,
A. D. 212; the Aqueducts Marcia,
Tepula, and Julia over it, (the jambs
of the arch are buried by the filling
up of the foss-way). 21
-Interior, Arch of Augustus, A. U. C.
750, B.C. 3, and the inner Arch of
Honorius, A.D. 403, (destroyed in
1869). 20
- The same, from a Drawing. 662*
There were three arches at this gate,
the original one of Augustus, to which
the Emperor Honorius added a bar-
bican or gateway fortress, with an
inner and outer gate ; the inner gate
of these three has now been destroyed.
-Plan of the Gate with the Aque-
ducts and the Castelluni Aquae Te-
pulse. 1238*
-Plan of the Wall and Aqueducts
and fortress of Honorius. 23*
-Plan of the Gate with the neigh-
bourhood, shewing the line of the
Aqueducts and remains of the Reser-
voirs of the Tepula and Julia in the
Wall of Rome. 1111*
■-Section, shewing the different levels
of the roads, and of the Aqueducts.
1291*
-Transverse section. 1296*
Towers near the Porta Tiburtina, re-
built A.D. 1450. 24
Castelluni Aquae Tepulse, rebuilt by
Trajan, built on the old Agger, and
incorporated in the Wall, with cor-
bels for a Hourd, or wooden Gal-
lery. 25
Ancient Postern between the Porta
S. Lorenzo and the Porta Maggiore,
supposed by some to be the Porta
Collatina. 27
5. Porta Maggiore to Porta
Asinaria.
Porta Praenestina and Labicana, or Mag-
giore (called byFrontinus, Esquilina),
Exterior, A.D. 30, and the Baker’s
Tomb. 30

Porta Prsenestina, from the north, shew-
ing the Conduits of the Aqueducts. 31
-The same, from the north-east,
with the Aqueducts over it. 32
-Transverse section, shewing the
Aqueducts, &c. 1463*
The Sessorium, now S. Croce in Geru-
salemme. The Plan, with the eastern
angle of the Wall, the Aqueduct of
Claudius and Nero, the Porta Mag-
giore, the Amphitheatrum Castrense,
Porta Asinaria, &c. 33*
-Part of the Wall outside of the
Sessorium, with the lower part of
a Tower rebuilt of Tufa. 413
Amphitheatrum Castrense, r. A. D. 100. 34
South Wall near the Sessorium. Aure¬
lian, A.D. 275, exterior, on an older
agger, with repairs. 35
-- Interior of the same, shewing the
Corridor for the sentinels and the
inner side of one of the towers. 36
Interior of the Corridor, now in the gar-
den of S. Croce in Gerusalemme. 414
Exterior of Wall and Towers, c. A.D.
275, built upon the old Mcenia near
the Sessorium. 415
- Another portion, built upon earlier
work of stone. 416
--- Another portion of the Wall, near
the Porta Asinaria. 573
6. Porta Asinaria to Porta di
S. Sebastiano,
Passing by the Lateran Palace and Gate,
the Porta Metronia and P. Latina.
Porta S. Giovanni, A.D. 1574, (with the
embrasure for cannon in the year
1868.) 1319
Porta Asinaria, exterior, Aurelian,
a.d. 275. 37
Interior, a.d. 275, and repairs, A.d.
403. 417
Porta Asinaria and Porta S. Giovanni,
from the mill on the Mariana, on the
southern side of Rome. 1318
- Curious Medieval Sculpture in
bas-relief of the Porta Asinaria and
the ancient Lateran, now in the sa-
cristy of that church. 1726