Note 141 — Chapter IV · PART I. THE AQUEDUCTS. (continued 2)
Reading edition
Inscriptions on the Porta Maggiore:—
TI . CLAVDIVS DRVSI F. CAISAR AVGVSTVS GERMANICVS PONTIF MAXIM TRIBVNICIA POTESTATE X̅I̅I̅. COS. V. IMPERATOR X̅X̅V̅I̅I̅. PATER PATRIÆ AQVAS . CLAVDIAM EX FONTIBVS . QVI VOCABANTVR CAERVLEVS ET CVRTIVS . A MILLIARIO X̅X̅X̅X̅V̅.
ITEM ANIENEM NOVAM A. MILLIARIO L̅X̅I̅I̅. SVA IMPENSA IN VRBEM PERDVCENDAS CVRAVIT.
IMP . CAESAR . VESPASIANVS AVGVST . PONTIF . MAX . TRIB. POT. I̅I̅. IMP. V̅I̅. COS. I̅I̅I̅. DESIG. I̅I̅I̅I̅. P.P
AQVAS CVRTIAM ET CAERVLEAM PERDVCTAS A DIVO CLAVDIO . ET POSTEA INTERMISSAS DILAPSASQVE
PER ANNOS NOVEM . SVA IMPENSA VRBI RESTITVIT.
IMP . T. CAESAR DIVI F. VESPASIANVS AVGVSTVS PONTIFEX MAXIMVS . TRIBVNIC
POTESTATE X. IMPERATOR X̅V̅I̅I̅. PATER PATRIAE . CENSOR . COS . V̅I̅I̅I̅.
AQVAS CVRTIAM ET CAERVLEAM PERDVCTAS A DIVO CLAVDIO ET POSTEA
A DIVO VESPASIANO PATRE SVO VRBI RESTITVTAS . CVM A CAPITE AQVARVM A SOLO VETVSTATE DILAPSAE ESSENT . NOVA FORMA REDVCENDAS SVA IMPENSA CVARVIT. (Orelli, vol. i. p. 77, Nos. 54-56.)
These inscriptions shew that considerable repairs were made by Vespasian and Titus to the Claudian aqueducts; and these repairs were continued by their successors, Nerva, Trajan, and Hadrian. Many parts and branches belong to the time of these Emperors.