The blocks hitherto attributed to the arch of Fabii (NS 1882, 222‑225) have turned out to belong to the arcades. Most of the travertine blocks of the pillars have been pilfered by searchers for building material (especially in the time of Alexander VII,º according to LR 211), and very often nothing is left but their impressions in the concrete of the later brickfaced walls, which were built between them when the porticoes were used as horrea. The remains of these very extensive arcades and porticoes are comparatively scanty, except for their massive foundation walls (see Porticus Margaritaria). It followed the clivus some way beyond the end of the Nova via, as far as the Arcus Domitiani (q.v.) On the south the portico behind the arcade extended as far as the Nova via, on each side of which an arcade also ran. On the south the arcade began at the Regia, and ran eastward up to the beginning of the Cilvus Palantinus (q.v.), which thenceforward diverged from the Sacra via at right angles opposite the centre of the vestibule of the domus Aurea. The northern end of the portico behind it has been obliterated by the construction of the basilica. V.115‑126 see also HFP 49 the northern arcade began just east of the basilica Aemilia It was interrupted by the road leading east of the temple of the Penates, which passed by an archway (the so‑called arcus Latronis arcus Latronis under the north-west corner of the basilica of Constantine. It would be still further increased if we add to it the area of the long lines of lofty arcades on either side of the Sacra via, which Nero transformed into a monumental avenue of approach to the vestibule of his palace. 370 acres, that of Hyde Parkº being 390. about 125 acres, while that of the Vatican, including the garden and S.That it did not extend beyond the Subura on the north is clear from the fact that the temple of Tellus portico Livia continued to exist while on the east the horti Macenatis, already the property of the imperial house, formed its natural boundary.Īccording to Hülsen’s estimate the area thus included amounted to the domus Aurea extended no further over the Caelian than the site of the temple of Claudius (q.v.), which was begun by Agrippina, destroyed by Nero, and built anew by Vespasian). Hic ubi miramur velocia munera thermas, Ĭlaudia diffusas ubi porticus explicit umbras, Hic ubi conspicui venerabilis amphitheatri [This is an echo of the epigram quoted by Suetonius, Nero,39: Roma domus fiet: Veios migrate, Quirites, (the atrium stood on the summit of the Velia) unaque iam tota stabat in urbe domus. (perhaps the scaffolding for the erection of the arch of Titus: the usual explanation of the line - HJ 17 - to mean that the machinery of the amphitheatre was stored in the ruins of the vestibule of the Golden House is unsatisfactory - why media via? The blocking up of the Sacra Via by Nero must have been intensely unpopular and it seems strange to store or construct ‘pegmata’ there.) (See Colossus Neronis sidereus simply means ‘glittering.’) et crescunt media pegmata celsa via, 2), who is writing in praise of Vespasian: Hic ubi sidereus propius videt astra colossus The area occupied is further defined by Martial ( de spect. quam arva et stagna et in modum solitudinum hinc silvae, inde aperta spatia et prospectus, magistris et machinatoribus Severo et Celere). The landscape gardening of the great park in which the buildings were set is also emphasised by Tacitus: in qua haud perinde gemmae et aurum miraculo essent. eius modi domum cum absolutam dedicaret, hactenus comprobavit, ut se diceret quasi p167 hominem tandem habitare coepisse. conchis erant cenationes laqueatae tabulis eburneis versatilibus, ut flores, fistulatis, ut unguenta desuper spargerentur praecipua cenationum rotunda, quae perpetuo diebus ac noctibus vice mundi circumageretur balineae marinis et albulis fluentes aquis. In ceteris partibus cuncta auro lita, distincta gemmis unionumque [large pearl oysters, cf. Vestibulum eius fuit, in quo colossus CXX pedum staret ipsius effigie tanta laxitas, ut porticus triplices miliarias haberet item stagnum maris instar, circumsaeptum aedificiis ad urbium speciem rura insuper, arvis atque vinetis et pascuis silvisque varia, cum multitudine omnis generis pecudum ac ferarum.
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