Rome by Claridge, Amanda -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Cover Page Title Page Copyright Page Series Editor’s Foreword Acknowledgements Contents How to use this Guide Introduction Historical Overview Documentary Sources Glossary

Rome’s Building Materials Building Techniques Architectural Orders and Dimensions Building-Types Major Public Works

1. The Roman Forum

Porticus of Gaius and Lucius and the Basilica Paulli (Aemilia)* Senate House (Curia)* The Comitium and the Black Stone Arch of Septimius Severus* Temple of Concordia Augusta Temple of Vespasian and Titus and the Precinct of the Harmonious Gods* Temple of Saturn* Vicus Jugarius Rostra (Orators’ Platform) Column of Phocas The Forum Pavement Honorary Columns Basilica Julia Temple of Castor* Domitianic Hall—Ramp—S. Maria Antiqua The Spring (fons) and Pool (lacus) of Juturna Temple of Divus Julius Arch of Augustus

2. The Upper Via Sacra

Temple of Vesta* House of the Vestal Virgins (Atrium Vestae)* Regia* Temple of Divus Antoninus Pius and Diva Faustina* ‘Temple of Divus Romulus’* New Basilica (Basilica Nova) of Maxentius/Constantine* Horrea Vespasiani—Etruscan and Republican Houses Temple of Roma and Venus (Church and Monastery of S. Francesca Romana—S. Maria Nova) Arch of Titus**

3. The Palatine**

Farnese Gardens Precinct of Victory Houses of ‘Livia’ and ‘Augustus’—Temple of Apollo* Domitian’s Palace

4. Imperial Forums

Forum of Caesar* Forum of Nerva: S end Temple-Forum of Peace: W corner Forum of Nerva: N end* Forum of Augustus* Forum of Trajan* Basilica Ulpia Column of Trajan** Trajan’s Markets** Republican City Gate

5. Field of Mars (Campus Martius)

Mausoleum of Augustus* Altar of the Augustan Peace (Ara Pacis Augustae)* Augustan Obelisk and Meridian (Horologium Augusti) Column of Marcus Aurelius and Faustina* Aqua Virgo Temple of Deified Hadrian (Hadrianeum)* Pantheon** Piazza Navona—Stadium of Domitian* Theatre and Porticus of Pompey Republican victory-temples (Largo Argentina)* Temple—Via delle Botteghe Oscure Theatre and Porticus (‘Crypta’) of Balbus* Circus Flaminius Porticus (?) Via S. Maria dei Calderari no. 23B Insula of S. Paolo alla Regola Gateway to the Porticus of Octavia* Tiber Island*

6. Capitoline Hill

Shops and Apartment Building on Five Levels (Insula) ‘Tabularium’*

7. Circus Flaminius to Circus Maximus

Theatre of Marcellus* Temple of Apollo Medicus Sosianus* Republican victory-temples (in the Vegetable Market) Arcades along the Triumphal Route Archaic and Republican Temples (S. Omobono) Temple of Portunus* Round Temple* Roman Buildings—S. Maria in Cosmedin ‘Arch of Janus’* Arch of the Argentarii* S. Giorgio al Velabro Roman Buildings—S. Anastasia Mithraeum Circus Maximus

8. Colosseum Valley and Esquiline Hill

Base of the Colossus Meta Sudans Arch of Constantine* Colosseum (Amphitheatrum)** Ludus Magnus* S. Clemente** Baths of Trajan Nero’s Golden House ‘Sette Sale’ Cistern Servian Wall ‘Auditorium of Maecenas’* Nymphaeum of Alexander Severus* Esquiline Gate (Arch of ‘Gallienus’) Compital Altar S. Martino ai Monti

9. Caelian Hill and the Inner Via Appia

Nero’s Nymphaeum Nero’s Aqueduct S. Stefano Rotondo* Caelian Gate (Arch of Dolabella) 348 Temple of Deified Claudius SS Giovanni e Paolo Clivus Scauri Roman Houses under SS Giovanni e Paolo* ‘Library of Agapetus’ The Beginning of the Via Appia Baths of Caracalla** Tomb of the Scipios* Appia Gate and Museum of the Walls*

10. Lateran–Porta Maggiore

The Lateran Lateran Baptistery* Castrense Amphitheatre Sessorium–Imperial Gardens at ‘Old Hope’ Porta Maggiore* Underground Basilica ‘Minerva Medica’

11. The Viminal

Baths of Diocletian* Republican City Walls*

12. Pyramid–Testaccio

Ostia Gate (Porta S. Paolo) and Museum of the Via Ostiensis Pyramid of Cestius* Monte Testaccio—the Amphora Mountain Navalia (‘Porticus Aemilia’) and Tiber Wharves

13. Across the Tiber

Excubitorium of the Fire Brigade Sanctuary of the Syrian Gods at the Spring of Furrina Mausoleum of Hadrian—(Castel S. Angelo)*

14. Parks of the Appia Antica

Almo Valley (Caffarella Park). Temple-tombs and ‘Nymphaeum of Egeria’ Hypogeum of Vibia Villa and Circus of Maxentius* Tomb of Caecilia Metella* Further out on the Via Appia Villa of the Quintilii*

15. Other Sites Outside the Walls

Mausoleum and Circus–Basilica of ‘St Constantia’* Tomb of the Lucilii Sanctuary of Anna Perenna at the Spring of the Nymphs Villa at the Auditorium

16. Catacombs

Catacombs of St Callixtus (S. Callisto) Catacombs of St Sebastian (S. Sebastiano) Catacombs of Domitilla (or of SS Nereus and Achilleus) Catacombs of Priscilla Catacombs of St Agnes (Sant’Agnese) Some Catacombs which can be visited with a permit Catacombs of Praetextatus (Pretestato) Jewish Catacombs on the Via Appia Antica Catacombs of St Pancras (S. Pancrazio or Ottavilla) Catacombs of the Cimitero Maggiore Catacombs of SS Peter and Marcellinus Catacombs of the Giordani

17. Museums

Musei Capitolini (Capitoline Museums)** Centrale Montemartini Musei e Gallerie Pontifiche (Vatican Museums)** Museo Nazionale di Villa Giulia Museo Nazionale Romano (delle Terme) Terme Museum Palazzo Massimo Octagonal Hall—Rotunda Diocletiani Palazzo Altemps Crypta Balbi Museo Palatino (Palatine Museum) Museo Barracco Caelian Antiquarium Galleria Borghese Museo Preistorico ed Etnografico ‘Luigi Pigorini’ (Luigi Pigorini Museum of Prehistory and Ethnography) Museo della Civiltà Romana (Museum of Roman Civilization) Museo dell’ Alto Medioevo (Museum of the Early Middle Ages)

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