Roman Mosaics - Or, Studies in Rome and Its Neighbourhood by Hugh Macmillan
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Obelisk--Pincian Hill--Porta del Popolo--Church of Santa Maria del
Popolo--Monastery of St. Augustine--Presbyterian Church--Villa Borghese--Ponte Molle CHAPTER II THE APPIAN WAY Formation of Appian Way--Tombs on Roman Roads--Loneliness of Country outside Rome--Porta Capena--Restoration of Appian Way--Grove and Fountain of Egeria--Baths of Caracalla--Church of Sts. Nereus and Achilles--Tomb of Scipios--Columbaria--Arch of Drusus--Gate of St. Sebastian--Almo--Tomb of Geta--Plants in Valley of Almo--Catacombs of St. Calixtus--Catacomb of Pretextatus--Catacomb of Sts. Nereus and Achilles--Church of St. Sebastian--Circus of Romulus--Tomb of Cæcilia Metella--Sadness of Appian Way--Imagines Clipeatæ--Profusion of Plant and Animal Life--Solitude--Villa of Seneca--Mounds of Horatii and Curiatii--Villa of Quintilii--Tomb of Atticus--Casale Rotondo--Frattocchie--Bovillæ--Albano--St. Paul's Entrance into Rome by Appian Way CHAPTER III THE CUMÆAN SIBYL Promontory of Carmel--Westmost Point of Italy--Mode of reaching Cumæ--Few Relics of Ancient City--Uncertainty about Sibyl's Cave--Loneliness of Site--Roman Legend of Sibylline Books--Mode |
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