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![]() A Web-enhanced edition of Pagan and Christian Rome by Rodolfo Lanciani published by Houghton, Mifflin and Company Boston and New York, 1892
Text, maps and black & white illustrations• are in the public domain.
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The author desires to express his gratitude to Mr. Edward Robinson, of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, for the kind assistance rendered to him in superintending the preparation of this volume. With a few exceptions, the drawings in this book are by Harold B. Warren, of Boston, who also made the drawings for "Ancient Rome in the Light of Recent Discoveries." |
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ARCH OF CONSTANTINE | 20 | ||||
THE TRANSLATION OF S. CYRIL'S REMAINS
(fresco in S. Clemente, done at the order of Maria Macellaria) | 32 | ||||
THE WESTERN SUMMIT OF THE CAPITOLINE HILL | 86 | ||||
PANEL FROM THE ARCH OF MARCUS AURELIUS (Heliotype) | 90 | ||||
PLAN OF SCHOLA ABOVE THE CATACOMBS OF CALLIXTUS
(from Nortet's Les Catacombes Romaines) | 118 | ||||
PLAN OF OLD S. PETER'S,
SHOWING ITS RELATION TO THE CIRCUS OF NERO | 128 | ||||
PLAN OF THE GRAVES SURROUNDING THAT OF S. PETER DISCOVERED AT THE TIME OF PAUL V. (from a rare engraving by Benedetto Drei, head master mason to the Pope. The site of the tomb of St. Peter and the Fenestella are indicated by the author.) | 132 | ||||
S. PETER'S IN 1588 (from an engraving by Ciampini) | 146 | ||||
THE TWO BASILICAS OF S. PAUL | 150 | ||||
MAP SHOWING THE LOCATION OF PHAON'S VILLA | 188 | ||||
SARCOPHAGUS OF HELENA, MOTHER OF CONSTANTINE (Heliotype) | 198 | ||||
ROTUNDA AND OBELISK SOUTH OF OLD S. PETER'S. (after Bonanni) | 202 | ||||
CRYPT OF POPE CORNELIUS | 218 | ||||
THE CLOISTERS OF THE LATERAN, AS NOW RESTORED (Heliotype) | 238 | ||||
TOMB OF INNOCENT VIII. (Heliotype) | 242 | ||||
TOMB OF PAUL III. (Heliotype) | 246 | ||||
FIGURE FROM THE TOMB OF CLEMENT XIII. (Heliotype) | 250 | ||||
INTERIOR OF A COLUMBARIUM IN THE VIGNA CODINI | 260 | ||||
DETAIL FROM THE CEILING OF THE HOUSE
DISCOVERED IN THE FARNESINA GARDENS | 264 | ||||
WORKS OF ART
DISCOVERED IN THE TOMB OF SULPICIUS PLATORINUS (Heliotype) | 268 | ||||
TOMB OF THE BOY Q. SULPICIUS MAXIMUS (Heliotype) | 282 | ||||
THE APPIAN WAY AND THE CAMPAGNA | 286 | ||||
OBJECTS FOUND IN THE GRAVE OF CREPEREIA TRYPHAENA | 302 | ||||
CHRISTIAN MILITARY CEMETERY OF CONCORDIA SAGITTARIA | 324 | ||||
THE IDEAL ROMAN FIGURE OF CHRIST (Heliotype) | 348 |
Tablet of Acilius Glabrio | 4 |
Map of the Via Salaria | 7 |
Portrait Bust of Philip the Younger | 13 |
Inscription found near the Porta del Popolo, 1877 | 15 |
Inscription in a tomb of the Via Severiana at Ostia | 16 |
Lamp of Annius Ser. . . . . ., with figure of the Good Shepherd | 18 |
Picture of Orpheus, found in the Catacombs of Priscilla | 23 |
The Four Seasons, from the Imperial Palace, Ostia | 24 |
Ancient Candelabrum in the church of SS. Nereo ed Achilleo | 26 |
The Templum Sacrae Urbis (SS. Cosma e Damiano) | 28 |
Mosaic from the church of S. Andrea | 29 |
The Shrine and Altar of Mercurius Sobrius | 34 |
Kantharos in the Court of St. Caecilia | 39 |
Sample of a Drinking-cup | 43 |
A Granary of Ostia | 47 |
Entablature of the Temple of Concord | 53 |
Fac-Simile from the Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum | 57 |
Nemi and the Site of the Temple of Diana | 60 |
Portrait Bust of Person cured at Nemi | 60 |
The stern of the ship of the Island of the Tiber | 61 |
Fragment of a Lamp inscribed with the name of Minerva | 63 |
Votive Head | 63 |
The Cliffs under the Citadel of Veii (now called Piazza d'Armi) | 65 |
A Pelasgic hieron, or platform of altar, at Segni | 68 |
Round Temple of Hercules in the Forum Boarium | 69 |
Ara of Aius Locutus on the Palatine | 72 |
Pillar commemorating the Ludi Saeculares | 73 |
Plan and section of the altar of Dis and Proserpina | 76 |
The family of Augustus. Relief from the Ara Pacis,
in the Gallery of the Uffizi, Florence | 83 |
View of the Platform of the Temple of Jupiter | 88 |
The Sphinx of Amasis | 94 |
Obelisk of Rameses the Great | 95 |
One of the Provinces from the Temple of Neptune | 100 |
Plan of the Temple of Augustus | 103 |
Remains of the Temple of Augustus, from a sketch by Ligorio | 103 |
Statue of Semo Sancus | 105 |
Remains of the House of Pudens, discovered in 1870 | 114 |
Plan of Pompeian House | 114 |
Remains of the House of Pudens. Front Wall, pierced by modern windows | 115 |
The Colonna Santa | 133 |
View of a section of the Nave of old S. Peter's (South Side) | 134 |
Nave of San Lorenzo fuori le Mura | 135 |
The Fountain of Symmachus | 136 |
The Chair of S. Peter; after photograph from original | 140 |
Bronze Statue of S. Peter | 142 |
Statue of S. Hippolytus | 143 |
The Burning of S. Paul's, July 15, 1823. (From an old print.) | 152 |
Tombstone of S. Paul | 157 |
Statue of Constantine the Great | 164 |
Military funeral evolutions; from the base of the Column of Antoninus | 170 |
The Apotheosis of an Emperor; from the base of the Column of Antoninus | 171 |
The cippus of Agrippina the Elder, made into a measure for grain | 184 |
Head of Nero, in the Capitoline Museum | 186 |
The Ponte Nomentano | 187 |
Plan of the Alta Semita | 191 |
Remains of Geta's Mausoleum | 196 |
The Torre Pignattara | 197 |
The Mausoleum of S. Constantia | 199 |
Plan of the Imperial Mausoleum | 200 |
Portrait heads of S. Peter and S. Paul | 212 |
Tombstone of Cornelius | 215 |
Portrait of Pope Cornelius; from a fresco near his grave | 219 |
The Atrium of Old S. Peter's | 222 |
Statue of S. Gregory the Great | 225 |
The Angel on the Mausoleum of Hadrian | 228 |
Modern façade of the Monastery of S. Gregory on the Caelian | 230 |
Inscription of Vassalectus | 238 |
Candelabrum in the church of S. Paolo fuori le Mura | 239 |
The Antinous of the Banca Nazionale | 241 |
Ancient house in the Farnesina Gardens | 263 |
Specimen of outline designs in the ancient house in the Farnesina Gardens | 265 |
The Judgment of Solomon | 271 |
Panel from the bronze door of S. Peter's, by Filarete | 272 |
Tomb of Helius, the shoemaker | 274 |
Sarcophagus of the Leukippides | 280 |
Tomb of Annia Regilla (fragment) | 291 |
The Sacred Grove and the Temple of Ceres; now S. Urbano alla Caffarella | 294 |
The body of a girl found in 1485 | 298 |
Entrance to the Crypt of the Flavians | 316 |
Cubiculum of Januarius | 322 |
Sancta Viatrix | 334 |
Basilica of Nereus, Achilleus and Petronilla | 338 |
The Execution of Acilleus | 339 |
Petronilla and Veneranda | 341 |
The portrait head of Jesus in the Sancta Sanctorum | 348 |
Landslip in the Cemetery of Cyriaca | 351 |
Inscription from the tombstone of a dentist | 353 |
Inscription from the grave of Alexander, a dentist | 353 |
Surgeon's instruments; relief on a tombstone | 353 |
The Symbolic Supper | 357 |
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