Foreign topography; or, an encyclopedick account, alphabetically arranged, of the ancient remains in Africa, Asia, and Europe; forming a sequel to the Encyclopedia of antiquities / By the Rev. Thomas Dudley Fosbroke.
- Thomas Dudley Fosbroke
- Date:
- 1828
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Foreign topography; or, an encyclopedick account, alphabetically arranged, of the ancient remains in Africa, Asia, and Europe; forming a sequel to the Encyclopedia of antiquities / By the Rev. Thomas Dudley Fosbroke. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![by Constantius afterwards. [They are of immense extent and magnificence, and con- tain every thing requisite for such edifices. Pius IV. has made a church of part of them. Enc.'\ P. 53. The Baths of Agrippa. [He built them for his private use, and devised them to the people.] P. 55. The Baths of Antoninus, the most famous of all. [Made by Antoninus Caracallus, Spart. in vita.~\ P. 57. The Baths of Nero, repaired by Alexander. [He added contiguous edifices to them. See Mart, and Larnprid. of these baths.] P. 59. The Baths of Paulas. The monastery of St. Catharine is now part of them. They are mentioned by Juvenal, but who this Paulus was is unknown. [Donatus will not acknowledge, in a subterranean portico, adorned with brick columns, and circular, like part of a theatre, remains of these baths. Enc.'\ [Remains of the Baths of Constantine; of Decius, of which the ruins served to build the church of St. Prisca; and Novatus, brother of S. Prudentius, changed into a church, are also shown.] P. 61. The Eons Antiquus in the Forum, near the temple of Jupiter Stator, for cattle. It was discovered in the foundation of the church of St. Luke and Martina. P. 63. fhe Claudian Aqueduct. It was begun by Caligula, and finished by Claudius. PUn. 36. 15. Vespasian and Titus repaired, &c. Boiss. iii. I40. [Nero brought it to the palace. Enc.~\ P. 65. The Antonine Aqueduct. The gate is much older than the aqueduct to which it was adjoined. [The work of Antoninus Qaracalla for his Baths. Enc. P. 67. The Aqueduct of Nero, as before, p. 63. P. 71. The Aqua Virgo or Castellum of the Aqua Marcia. [The aqueduct was the work of Q. Marcius, contemporary with Catiline. Agrippa added the Aqua Virgo, and made the castella or reservoirs. Plin. 36. 15. [The Marcian Aqueduct has two canals, one over the other. The highest conducted the new water of Teverone (Anio Novas) : the lower, the Claudian water. Enc. See Montfaucon. The Encyclopedists say, that the Aqua Virgo, was called also //erc«/eawa, because it issued from a spring, near a temple or statue of Hercules. Nerva separated it from the Anio Novus, to which it had been united.] Vespasian, &c. repaired it. Boiss. iii. 139. [Remains of the Alsetine (from its source in a lake so called) Aqueduct are shown, near the Naumachia of Augustus, beyond the Tiber ; also of the Sabatine (from the lake, now Anguillara,) or Aurelian, or Septimian, from the road and gate. Panvini has confounded this aqueduct with that of Mount Ciminus]. Vol. iii. p. 1. The Pons Horatii, Sublicius, HercuUs, Sacer, Atmilius, Lepidi. It is the most ancient bridge in Rome. It was first built by Ancus Martius, and was even of wood in the time of Augustus, .^milius Lej)idus first built it of stone, but having been damaged by inundations, Tiberius repaired it, and at last Antoninus re- built it of marble entirely. This is the bridge which Horatius Codes defended. P. 3. The Pons Senatorius or Palatinus, from the Senators passing it to search the Sibylline books, and the vicinity of Mount Palatine. It is now called the bridge of S. Mary .T^gyptiaca, from the adjacent church. Marcus Fulvius made thepi'es {Liv.) and L. Alummius finished the arches. Julius and Gregory III. successively repaired it, because it was almost destroyed by inundation. It is not now of any use. 2 I](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b22012035_0347.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
