A Description of the Antiquities and Other Curiosities of Rome: From Personal Observation During a Visit to Italy in the Years 1818-19, with Illustrations from Ancient and Modern WritersC. and J. Rivington, 1828 - Broj stranica: 343 |
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Agrippa ancient antiquaries antiquity Antoninus Antoninus Pius appearance Aquaduct arch Arch of Janus Augustus Aurelian Aurelius bas-reliefs baths Baths of Titus Belisarius bridge bronze building built burnt Cæsar called Campus Martius Capitol Capitolinus Caracalla census century certainly Cestius Church Cicero Circus Claudius coin columns Constantine Corinthian Egyptian emperor engraved Epist erected feet figures formerly Forum fragments gate glass Greek Hadrian height horses inscription Leonine city Livy marble Martius mentions miles modern Nero Obelisk ornaments Ovid palace Palatine hill palms Pantheon passage perhaps pillars Pius Plin Pliny Pons Ponte Pope Porta portico present prison probably Procopius Quirinal Hill reign remains repaired road Roman Rome Romulus round ruins says Scipio sculpture seems seen Servius Tullius Severus Sextus side stands statue stone stood supposed tells Tiber tion Titus tomb Totila Trajan Tullius Vide VIII Vitruvius walls whole Winkelmann xxxvi
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Stranica 9 - Some buried marble half preserves a name : That name the learn'd with fierce disputes pursue, And give to Titus old Vespasian's due. Ambition...
Stranica 98 - Et juvenum ritu florent modo nata vigentque. Debemur morti nos nostraque ; sive receptus Terra Neptunus classes aquilonibus arcet, Regis opus ; sterilisve diu palus, aptaque remis, Vicinas urbes alit, et grave sentit aratrum ; Seu cursum mutavit iniquum frugibus amnis, Doctus iter melius ; mortalia facta peribunt : Nedum sermonum stet honos, et gratia vivax.
Stranica 226 - The odious stranger, disguising every circumstance of time and place, assumed the mask of a martyr, a saint, and a Christian hero; and the infamous George of Cappadocia has been transformed into the renowned St. George of England, the patron of arms, of chivalry, and of the garter.
Stranica 41 - ... were constructed in this manner after the principle was known. The Meta Sudans, a fragment of which still exists near the Coliseum, is said to have been a fountain ; and it is evident that the water which supplied it was not raised by mere mechanical means. Pliny mentions 105 fountains (salientcs) in Rome ; and, from the Latin term for a fountain, it appears certain that they resembled those of modern times.
Stranica 202 - ... erected to perpetuate their exploits, and where the Roman nobles vied with each other in the magnificence of their dwellings, we now see a few insulated pillars standing among some broken arches. Or, if the curiosity of foreigners has investigated what the natives neither think nor care about, we may perhaps see the remnant of a statue or a column extracted from the rubbish. Where the comitia were held, where Cicero harangued, and where the triumphal processions passed, we have now no animated...
Stranica 196 - The standards are of various kinds ; such as a hand within a wreath of laurel, which was considered a sign of concord. Pictures also were used, which were portraits of gods or heroes. The soldiers wear upon their legs a kind of tight pantaloon, reaching a little below the knee, and not buttoned. The Dacians have loose pantaloons, reaching to the ankle and shoes ; they also carry curved swords. The Sarmatian cavalry, allies of Decebalus, wear plate-armor, covering the men and horses. These were called...
Stranica 201 - Where the Roman people saw temples erected to perpetuate their exploits, and where the Roman nobles vied with each other in the magnificence of their dwellings, we now see a few insulated pillars standing amidst some broken arches: or, if the curiosity of foreigners has investigated what the natives neither think nor care about, we may perhaps see the remnant of a statue or a column extracted from the rubbish. Where the Comitia were held, where Cicero harangued, and where the triumphal processions...
Stranica 335 - The Tiber" says Dr. Burton, is a stream of which classical recollections are apt to raise too favourable anticipations. When we think of the fleets of the capital of the world sailing up it, and pouring in the treasures of tributary kingdoms, we are likely to attach to it ideas of grandeur and magnificence. But if we come to the Tiber with such expectations our disappointment will be great.
Stranica 46 - Quae nunc aere vides, stipula tune tecta videres, Et paries lento vimine textus erat. Hie locus exiguus, qui sustinet Atria Vestae The shape of ker temple : it contains no statue.
Stranica 171 - The portico is 1 10 feet long by 44 deep, supported by sixteen columns of the Corinthian order. Each is of one piece of oriental granite, 42 feet high, without the bases and capitals, which are of white marble: they are about 15 English feet in circumference. The opening between the two middle pillars is larger than the openings between the others; which is the case, also, with those of the Temples of Concord, and of Antoninus and Faustina ; but the difference is scarcely to be perceived without...