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[ complete Latin text with critical apparatus ] The Regionaries are some early 4c bureaucrat's list of monuments, houses, baths, etc., that have come down to us in two divergent medieval copies, the Curiosum and the Notitia (with its Appendices). Both are online here in the critical edition appended by Henri Jordan to his Topographie der Stadt Rom im Alterthum. |
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[ complete Latin text with critical apparatus ] Also from Jordan's Topographie, the brief Ordo Benedicti is a medieval source of a rather amusing kind, a sort of route map to keep church processions from getting lost in Rome: perforce, it lists the landmarks on each route ("now go down the main street in front of the arch of the aqueduct, then turn right in front of St. Clement's. . ."). It makes me wish there had been more long processions in medieval Rome. |
[ complete Latin text, English and French translations ] Not exactly a topographical text, but written by a professional surveyor, Frontinus' Water Supply of Rome inevitably contains lots of information on aqueducts and roads in and around the City. |
Works by Modern Topographers | |
A Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome by Samuel Ball Platner (as revised by Thomas Ashby in 1929), is a scholarly encyclopedia with hundreds upon hundreds of articles on the remains of antiquity within the city of Rome: an excellent reference work for hills, streets, roads and monuments of all kinds, providing ancient sources and modern bibliographies. About 85% of the work is already onsite, occasionally annotated and illustrated with some of my own better photos; I expect to have the entire work online eventually. |
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Pagan and Christian Rome: a splendid account, by Rodolfo Lanciani, the rightly famous 19c archaeologist and topographer, of how Rome made the transition from the capital of Antiquity to the great city of our own time. It's a case study of Late Antiquity, an excellent popular topography of Rome, a mine of information on the Catacombs and the tombs of apostles, emperors and popes, and a fascinating read. This Web edition is enhanced with additional photos of my own, useful links, etc. |
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[ complete: 590 pages of printed text, although no images ]
Pushing the "topography" envelope rather far, but Filippo Titi's
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