The archæology of Rome, Part 8

Part 8 — ERRATA ET CORRIGENDA. THE AQUEDUCTS.

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Errata. Corrigenda.

p. x. Julia (v.) Sources on Mons Algidus (near Tusculum), Frascati, and Grotta Ferrata. The Sources are near Grotta Ferrata, not Tusculum: see p. 42.

p. x. col. 1. (vii.) Lacus Alsietina. Lacus Alsietinus.

col. 2. Lacus Sabatina. Lacus Sabatinus.

At the Cariæ. At the Careiæ.

Casale Bianca. Casale Bianco.

p. xi. col. 1. (x.) Lacus Sabatina. Lacus Sabatinus.

col. 2. (xi.) Torre de’ Scavi. Torre de’ Schiavi.

Ibid. (xii., xiii.) Villa de Quintilii. Villa de’ Quintilii.

p. xii. (xvi.) (Algentiana). The water is said to have been brought by a branch from the Marcia at the Porta di S. Lorenzo. That opinion is not correct (?). The name of Algentiana given to the water is from the Mons Algidus, near Tusculum. This water now supplies the Villa Aldobrandini at Frascati.

p. 3, note 9. loco nomen respondenti Gemellarum. Gemellorum.

p. 5, note 14. Torre de’ Scavi. Torre de’ Schiavi.

p. 10, note 21. under the monastery of S. Maria del Trinita di Malta. for Monastery read S. Maria Aventinense, or il Priorato di Malta.

p. 27. (i.) et ... novum ramus Augustæ, hac tres. ... novum, i. 5 ... hac tres ... fluentes ad Viminalem usque portam. i. 19.

Ibid. (iii.) que vocantur ... hi directe. qui vocantur ... hi directi.

Ibid. (iv.) intra portam exquelinam. intra portam exquilinam.

Ibid. (v.) que locus infra. qui locus est infra.

p. 35, note 79. Delle varie Sorgenti. Delle vere Sorgenti.

p. 41, line 32. Squaricarelli. Squarciarelli.

p. 42, line 8. Canina cleared out the ancient specus of the Julia. That specus was of the Aqua Algentiana, and not of the Julia. The source of the Angelosa is not that of the Julia but of the Aqua Crabra.

p. 43, line 8. Near Rocca di Papa an arcade, ... probably a part of the Julia. This arcade is called Arcioni. This arcade was of the Aqua Algentiana. See Canina, tom. v.

p. 50, line 20. Cariæ. Careiæ.

Ibid., line 22. Lacus Alsietina. Lacus Alsietinus.

Ibid., line 30. Strachia Capra. Stracciacappe.

Ibid., line 32. Lacus Alsietina. Lacus Alsietinus.

p. 51, line 5. from the Alsietina Lake. from the lake Alsietinus.

Ibid., line 8. Lacus Sabatina. Lacus Sabatinus.

Ibid., note 109. This lake, called Sabatina ... from the names of the proprietors. This lake is called Sabatinus ... from the names of those villages, Anguillara and Bracciano.

Ibid., note 110. ALSEATINA. ALSIETINA.

p. 52, line 1. Cariæ. Careiæ.

p. 53, line 5. Lacus Sabatina. Lacus Sabatinus.

Ibid., line 8. Cariæ. Careiæ.

Ibid., note 116. Lacus Alsietina. Lacus Alsietinus.

p. 89, note 178. Torre de Scavi. Torre de’ Schiavi.

p. 90, note 179. Aquarum ductus etiam infinitas. Aquarum ductus etiam infinitos.

p. 100, line 2. from the Aqua Marcia. The Aqua Algentiana really comes from Mons Algidus, near Tusculum.

p. 106, line 19. fistula Urbana, made in a piece of marble. the fistula Urbana is of lead, not marble.

p. 110. (xi.) Alseatina. Alsietina.

p. 118, line 33. Garciano. Carciano.

p. 121, line 33, col. 2. Torre d’ Scavi. Torre de’ Schiavi.

p. 122. (vii.) ALSEATINA. ALSIETINA.

Ibid. Cariæ. Careiæ.

p. 132, line 6. Alseatina. Alsietina.

Ibid. Pantana. Pantano.

LEVELS OF THE AQUEDUCTS, TAKEN BY ERNEST DE MAURO, 1871.

The seven Specus at the Porta Maggiore, arranged according to the Levels above the Sea.

I. Anio Novus, 65.000.

II. Claudia, 62.336.

The specus at the Trophies of Marius, 59.936.

III. Felice, 59.560.

Specus on the high ground, between the Porta Maggiore and S. Lorenzo, 59.100.

Reservoir at the fountain of Termini, 58.600.

IV. Julia, 58.192.

Reservoir behind the wall near the Porta S. Lorenzo, 53.000.

V. Tepula, 56.712.

Reservoir in the wall near the Porta S. Lorenzo, 49.525.

VI. Marcia, 54.788.

Specus at the Porta S. Lorenzo, 54.405.

VII. Anio Vetus, 45.688.

Reservoir near Porta Furba, two miles from the Porta Maggiore, 47.193.

Reservoir in the Vigna Berardi, 41.731[216].

Reservoir between the Porta Asinaria and the Amphitheatrum Castrense, 34.030.

Reservoir in the Vigna Mangani, near the Minerva Medica, 47.735.

Two small specus in the Via Labicana, 43.857[217].

Antoniana—Specus in the City wall and over the Arch of Drusus, 40.374.

Aurelia—Reservoir on the south side of the Porta Latina, 36.000.

Severiana (?)—Reservoir on the north side of the Porta Latina, 33.400.

Aqua Marcia Pia[218], 60.088, at the Porta Pia.

Notes in this chapter

Note 8 · “Jungitur ei ad Spem [Specum] veterem in confinio hortorum Torquatianorum et Pallantianorum ramus Augustæ, ab Augusto in supplementum ejus a Note 13 · The modern carriage-road, so called, was called Via Gabina in the time of Frontinus. The old Via Prænestina is now a bridle-road only for th Note 20 · In the spring of the year 1870, another excavation was made close to this point, and a way was found into another old subterranean stone-qua Note 78 · The new company had at first proposed to draw their chief supply of water from the small lake called the Lago di S. Lucia, which is nearer t Note 8 · There is a small construction over this flood-gate, and at the back of it is this inscription:— ACQVA PAOLA ALLA PRESA DELL’ ACQVA ALSEATINA Note 9 · There are interesting remains of the Necropolis of this ancient city close to the fountain before mentioned, on each side of a deep ravine. Note 15 · By the more usually received computation, the second year of Caligula would be A.U.C. 791; and the year of the consulship of Sulla and Titia Note 11 · Note f, p. 88. “Aquarum ductus etiam infinitas hoc nomine (Hadriani) nuncupavit.” (Spartianus in Hadriano, c. 20.)Note 12 · It is immediately opposite to the Palatine, and there is a remarkably fine view from the portion of the specus that remains, the vault of wh Note 1 · Near the Porta Maggiore, and under the arches of Nero. There are two large reservoirs close together in this vineyard, probably the Gemelli Note 2 · Descending from the reservoir into the old specus under the arches of Nero.Note 3 · The Aqua Marcia was brought again into Rome by a new water company in the year 1870, after several years of very arduous work, and overcomin