Note 175 — Chapter IV · , PART II. THE LATER AQUEDUCTS.
Reading edition
The fragment of an inscription relating to this aqueduct was found near Gabii, and is described by E. Q. Visconti in his Monumenti Gabini, Roma, 1797, 8vo. maj., p. 14.
IMP. CAESAR DIVI TRAiani (Parthici filius Trajanus Hadrianus) AVG. PONTIF[ex Maximus] AQVAE DVCTVM GABINIS . . . QVAM . . . . .
The second line appears to be an interpolation of the editor, but this is not material. The aqueduct begun by Nerva was not finished till the time of Hadrian. The aqueduct of Gregory XIII. and Sixtus V. (Felice) (A.D. 1572-1590) receives the water of this aqueduct, but at Colonna other springs are collected and added to it; this was the work of Fontana.