A dictionary of Greek and Roman . It is now called Ponte quattro capi. The pons Cestius is, bysome authors, supposed to have been built duringthe reign of Tiberius by Cestius Gallus, the per-son mentioned by Pliny (x. 60 ; Tacit. Ann. ), though it is more reasonable to concludethat it was constructed before the termination ofthe republic, as no private individual would havebeen permitted to give his own name to a publicwork under the empire. (Nardini, I. c.) The in-scriptions now remaining are in commemoration ofValentinianus, Valens, and Gratianus, the emperorsby whom it wa
A dictionary of Greek and Roman . It is now called Ponte quattro capi. The pons Cestius is, bysome authors, supposed to have been built duringthe reign of Tiberius by Cestius Gallus, the per-son mentioned by Pliny (x. 60 ; Tacit. Ann. ), though it is more reasonable to concludethat it was constructed before the termination ofthe republic, as no private individual would havebeen permitted to give his own name to a publicwork under the empire. (Nardini, I. c.) The in-scriptions now remaining are in commemoration ofValentinianus, Valens, and Gratianus, the emperorsby whom it was restored. Both these bridges arerepresented in the following woodcut: that on theright hand is the pons Fabricius, and is curious asbeing one of the very few remaining works whichbear a date during the republic ; the pons Cestiuson the left represents the efforts of a much laterage ; and, instead of the buildings now seenupon the island, the temples which originallystood there, as well as the island itself, have beenrestored. 958 PONS. V. Pons Janiculensis, which led direct to theJaniculum. The name of its founder and theperiod of its construction are unknown ; but itoccupied the site of the present ponte Sisto,which was built by Sixtus IV. upon the ruins ofthe old bridge. VI. Pons Vatic anus, so called because it formedthe communication between the Campus Martiusand Campus Vaticanus. When the waters of theTiber are very low, vestiges of the piers are stilldiscernible at the back of the Hospital of SanSpirito. By modern topographists this bridge isoften called Pons Triumphalis, but without any classical authority ; the inference, however, is notimprobable, because it led directly from the Cam-pus to the Clivus Cinnae (now Monte Mario), fromwhich the triumphal processions descended. VII. Pons Aelius, built by Hadrian, whichled from the city to the Mausoleum [Mausoleum]of that emperor, now the bridge and castle of (Spart. Had?: c. 19 ; Dion Cass. 797,
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