Wanderings in the Roman campagna . ans and the land of theLatins made it an ideal summer residence, especiallyafter Tiberius happened to recover from a mortal illnesswhile residing in the imperial villa, the ruins of whichare still to be seen near the subiuban church of theMadonna dell Aquila. Augustus was ecpudly fond of sheltering himself fromthe cares of state and from official life in the Bay ofNaples or on one of the Campanian islands. Of thecountry seats near Rome he loved the best Lanuvium,Prfeneste, and Tibur, to which places he woidd l)e car-ried in a lectica in the cool of the evenin
Wanderings in the Roman campagna . ans and the land of theLatins made it an ideal summer residence, especiallyafter Tiberius happened to recover from a mortal illnesswhile residing in the imperial villa, the ruins of whichare still to be seen near the subiuban church of theMadonna dell Aquila. Augustus was ecpudly fond of sheltering himself fromthe cares of state and from official life in the Bay ofNaples or on one of the Campanian islands. Of thecountry seats near Rome he loved the best Lanuvium,Prfeneste, and Tibur, to which places he woidd l)e car-ried in a lectica in the cool of the evening, and so gentlythat sometimes he would spend two nights in coveringthose few miles. Horace manifests his partiality in thefollowing; order: the Sal)ine mountain-farm, the frig-idPraeneste, the easy-lying Tibur, the sea-watered Baise. U WANDERINGS IN THE ROINIAN CAMPAGNA Some of these classic villa-centres are still in favor —Tusculum, for instance, Antiuni, and Tibur. Others,like Prtvneste and Lanuvium, have lost caste and gone. A glimpse of Uie Lake of Bracciano out of fashion. Others still, like Albano and Genzano,have risen above their rather humble condition in okltimes; a change for which I cannot give any explanationexcept that the sloi)es of Alba were set apart exclusivelyfor the wine-growing industry, and those of Cynthianum THE LAND OF SATURN 45 were entirely overgrown with forests sacred to DianaNemorensis. The Romans did not care for lakes. Only one villa isto be found on the shores of that of Bracciano, on thebold promontory of San Liberato, from which such acomprehensive view of the lake is obtained. It belongedto a Mettia Hedonea, and it teaches us the fact that theancients had the habit of giving names to their coun-try residences, just as we do now. Mettias was calledPausilypon because its position reminded owner andguests of the celebrated hill between Naples and Puteoli,from which a similar view over a blue sheet of watercould be obtained. It may also have
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