The Topography of Rome and Its Vicinity
by William Gell (9781458907684)

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: Aqua V7tvA. A Mutatio on the Via Flaminia, which is noted thus: ? Urbe RomA. Rubras . . VIII. Ad Vicesimum . XI. Aqua Viva . .XII. Utriculo . XII. Narnipe . . . XII. Interamna . . . IX. This road seems to have passed near the jtre- sent Civita Castellana, but not through it. Aqueducts. As the ancient aqueducts of Rome have been the subject of much controversy and of many dissertations, our notice of them will be but brief. The Anio Xovus and the Aqua Claudia united within the city, and were distributed through the whole of Rome, by means of ninety-two reservoirs, or castella. The Aqua Julia had seventeen reservoirs in the city, and served the third, fifth, sixth, eighth, tenth, and twelfth regions. The Aqua Tepula filled fourteen reservoirs, and was distributed in the fourth, fifth, sixth, and eighth regions. The Aqua Martia had fifty-one reservoirs, and supplied regions three, four, five, six, eight, nine, and fourteen. The Anio Vetus had thirty-five reservoirs, and served regions one, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, thirteen, and fourteen. The Aqua Virgo had eighteen castella, and supplied the regions seven, eight, and fourteen. The Aqua Appia had twenty reservoirs, and served regions two, five, eight, nine, eleven, twelve, thirteen, and fourteen. The Aqua Alsietina supplied all the region beyond the Tyber. This is now called the Acqua Paola. Of the modern aqueducts, the chief is that of Trevi, celebrated for the purity of its water; it is so called, not from the town of Trevi, at the source of the Anio, but from the church In Triviis, near the fountain. The Acqua Felice and the Acqua di Termini are considered less limpid and less salubrious than the Trevi. chapter{Section 4Aha Jam. (Vide. Riano.) Ara Mu...

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