| PHOTO-ENGRAVINGS. | |
| PLATE | |
| I. | Source of the Aqua Appia, in a very ancient Stone-quarry of the time of the Kings, on the bank of the river Anio. |
| II. | Source of another Spring of the Aqua Appia in another ancient Stone-quarry, (near to the former). |
| III. | 1. The Aqueducts above Subiaco. |
| 2. —— River Anio, the Upper Lochs. | |
| —— —— the third Loch and the Bridge over it. | |
| IV. | 1. —— Anio Novus, the third Loch. |
| 2. —— —— The Specus. | |
| V. | —— Anio Novus—a Castellum Aquæ, and Line of the Specus cut in the cliff. |
| VI. | The Claudia, Anio Vetus, and Novus, and Marcia, in the Valley of the Arches below Subiaco and above Tivoli. |
| VII. | Two other Views of the Ruins of the Arcades of the Claudia and Anio Novus (in the Valley of the Arches above Tivoli). |
| VIII. | Aqueducts at Tivoli—Cascades of the Anio, with the Round Temple of the Sibyl at the top. |
| IX. | Aqueducts below Tivoli—The Marcia—a great Castellum Aquæ on the Via di Carciano, B.C. 145. |
| X. | Aqueducts below Tivoli—Aqua Marcia—Reservoir, or Castellum Aquæ. Views of the two chambers. |
| XI. | Aqueducts below Tivoli— |
| 1. Anio Novus—Castellum. | |
| 2. Marcia—Castellum rebuilt by Trajan. | |
| XII. | The Claudia and Anio Novus in the Campagna of Rome, near Roma Vecchia, over the fine arcade, four miles from Rome. |
| XIII. | The Claudia and Anio Novus passing over the Marcia, Tepula, and Julia, at the Tor Fiscale, and view near the Porta Furba. |
| XIV. | 1. The Marcia on the bank within the wall of Aurelian, at the Porta Tiburtina. |
| 2. Claudia and Anio Novus at the angle of the Sessorium. | |
| XV. | Aqueducts at the Porta Maggiore— |
| 1. Marcia, Tepula, and Julia, entering Rome, passing through the Wall. | |
| 2. Marcia, &c., within the Wall. | |
| XVI. | 1. Claudia and Anio Novus over the Porta Maggiore. |
| 2. Anio Novus on the Cœlian, over the arch of Dolabella. | |
| XVII. | 1. Arches of Nero within the Porta Maggiore, crossing the great inner fosse of the Sessorium on a double arcade. |
| 2. Aqua Marcia within the Porta Maggiore, as shewn in an excavation in 1871. | |
| XVIII. | 1. The Claudia and Anio Novus, in the North Wall of the Gardens of the Sessorium, now of S. Croce. |
| 2. Nymphæum of Alexander Severus, where the trophies of Marius were hung. | |
| XIX. | Great Reservoir on the Arches of Nero over the Arch of Dolabella, on the Cœlian. |
| PLANS AND DIAGRAMS. | |
| PLATE | |
| I. | Plan of the Sources of the Appia and Virgo, in the meadows of Lucullus, on the bank of the river Anio. |
| II. | The Appia at the Porta Capena, the specus passing through one of the towers of the Porta Capena, now a gardener’s cottage. |
| III. | The Appia under S. Sabba. The specus in an old stone quarry on the Pseudo-Aventine. |
| IV. | Mouth of the Appia under the Aventine, and at the Porta Trigemina, now in a Cave under S. Alexio and the Priorato. |
| V. | Aqua Appia—Reservoir in Garden of the Sessorium, now of S. Croce, called the Thermæ of S. Helena. |
| VI. | Anio Vetus.—Reservoir near the Porta Furba. |
| VII. | Loch in the Aqua Julia, near the Imperial Villa, called the Sette Bassi. |
| VIII. | Aqueducts and River Almo, near the Porta Furba. |
| IX. | The Seven Aqueducts at the Tor Fiscale. Plan and Section. |
| X. | Piscina of the Anio Novus, entering Rome through a tower in the wall of Aurelian in the garden of the Sessorium. |
| XI. | The Aqueducts at the Porta Maggiore and the Porta Tiburtina. Plan and Section. |
| XII. | Nymphæum, where the Trophies of Marius were hung. Plan and Section. |
| XIII. | River Almo—Division into two Branches, now a Loch of the Marrana. |
| XIV. | River Almo, now the Marrana.—Entrance into Rome under the Porta Metronia. |
| XV. | River Almo—Mouth in the Pulchrum Littus. View. |
| XVI. | —— Plan. |
| XVII. | Sources of the Aqua Appia, near the bank of the river Anio, in a very ancient stone quarry. |
| XVIII. | Aqua Appia, or Appian Aqueduct, crossing the valley from the Cœlian to the Aventine upon the short Agger of Servius Tullius, and over the Porta Capena. |
| XIX. | Plan and Sections of the Aqueducts in a Cave in the Aventine, under S. Sabba, with the Excavations made in 1875 and 1876. |
| XX. | Plan and Section of the Aqueducts, from the great Reservoirs on the Cœlian Hill, near the Arch of Dolabella and the Claudium, to the Colosseum, and to the Drain under the road from the Arch of Constantine to the Clivus Scauri. |
| XXI. | Sections of the Specus or Conduits of fifteen different Aqueducts. |
| Plan of the Aqueducts on parts of the Cœlian and the Esquiline Hills, from the great Reservoirs and Piscinæ called Sette Sale, on the Esquiline, to the Colosseum; and the Three Branches from the great Reservoir on the Cœlian, and over the Arch of Dolabella, and the Piazza della Navicella, to the Aventine, the Palatine, and the Colosseum. | |
| Map of the Aqueducts on the Eastern side of Rome, from their Sources above Subiaco, and on the bank of the river Anio, to Rome, and their mouths in the Tiber. | |
| —— Western side of Rome, from their Sources in the lakes on the hills, called Alseatina and Sabatina, or Anguillara. | |
About This Book
A thorough archaeological study traces the routes, construction, and remains of ancient Roman aqueducts, describing their channels (specus), arcades, reservoirs, and connections to baths and palaces. It maps principal lines from sources to city termini, examines above-ground arches and subterranean stretches, and explains distribution features such as castellum aquae and cisterns. The work details engineering feats at mountain sources and notable cascades, the reuse and alteration of conduits in later periods, and the challenges of identifying fragments in the urban landscape, illustrated by photographs and field observations that record surviving structures and their relation to city topography.