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Description of Plate XXI.
THE CAMPS OF THE GOTHS ROUND ROME.
I. The first is about half-a-mile from the Sessorium, where the am-
buscade took place, in part of the Amphitheatrum Castrense, where
a new wall had been built by Aurelian, leaving the old outer wall as
an outwork, thus forming a triangular space, which still exists; and
at the narrow end of this triangle Belisarius made an opening just
large enough for a man to squeeze through. This camp is on a
raised platform, with a foss round it, which can be readily traced.
A house now stands upon it, and there may have been a villa at
that time of which the Goths took possession.
II. and III. The second and third camps are near the south-east
corner of the Praetorian Camp and the Porta Tiburtina, in situations
similar to the first, one on either side of the Via Tiburtina, the
modern road to Tivoli. The second is very near to the great church
and burial-ground of S. Lorenzo f. m., from which the cliffs of it are
very distinctly seen.
IV. The fourth camp is near the Via Nomentana, on the road to
the church and monastery of S. Agnes f. m. It is concealed from
view by modern walls.
V. The fifth is in the grounds of the Villa Borghesi, and near the
Porta Pinciana; the raised platform for the tents to stand upon, and
the cliffs round it, are very visible.
VI. The sixth camp is in the grounds of the villa of the Domitii
(now of Mr. Esmeade); some of the cliffs on which it stood are
within a stone’s throw of the Porta Flaminia, now del Popolo.
VII. The seventh is on the bank of the Tiber, close to the
bridge called Pons Milvius (now Ponte Molle), and is surrounded
by a bank of earth about ten feet high, which has had a foss or
trench under it, now made into roads which enclose it on all sides.
The plan is not regular, but follows the nature of the ground. It is
just at the foot of Monte Mario.
VIII. The eighth camp is believed to have been near the Torre
Fiscale and Roma Vecchia (a farm-house so called). This is three
miles from Rome, between the roads to Albano and to Frascati, and
the railway to the latter passes close to it.
Description of Plate XXI.
THE CAMPS OF THE GOTHS ROUND ROME.
I. The first is about half-a-mile from the Sessorium, where the am-
buscade took place, in part of the Amphitheatrum Castrense, where
a new wall had been built by Aurelian, leaving the old outer wall as
an outwork, thus forming a triangular space, which still exists; and
at the narrow end of this triangle Belisarius made an opening just
large enough for a man to squeeze through. This camp is on a
raised platform, with a foss round it, which can be readily traced.
A house now stands upon it, and there may have been a villa at
that time of which the Goths took possession.
II. and III. The second and third camps are near the south-east
corner of the Praetorian Camp and the Porta Tiburtina, in situations
similar to the first, one on either side of the Via Tiburtina, the
modern road to Tivoli. The second is very near to the great church
and burial-ground of S. Lorenzo f. m., from which the cliffs of it are
very distinctly seen.
IV. The fourth camp is near the Via Nomentana, on the road to
the church and monastery of S. Agnes f. m. It is concealed from
view by modern walls.
V. The fifth is in the grounds of the Villa Borghesi, and near the
Porta Pinciana; the raised platform for the tents to stand upon, and
the cliffs round it, are very visible.
VI. The sixth camp is in the grounds of the villa of the Domitii
(now of Mr. Esmeade); some of the cliffs on which it stood are
within a stone’s throw of the Porta Flaminia, now del Popolo.
VII. The seventh is on the bank of the Tiber, close to the
bridge called Pons Milvius (now Ponte Molle), and is surrounded
by a bank of earth about ten feet high, which has had a foss or
trench under it, now made into roads which enclose it on all sides.
The plan is not regular, but follows the nature of the ground. It is
just at the foot of Monte Mario.
VIII. The eighth camp is believed to have been near the Torre
Fiscale and Roma Vecchia (a farm-house so called). This is three
miles from Rome, between the roads to Albano and to Frascati, and
the railway to the latter passes close to it.