The church of SMaria antiqua . d. 2 Before the ascent begins, a road, the pavement of which is still well preserved for the mostpart (though in places it is covered by soil, and in others the stones have been removed for field-walls), diverges to the S., and runs in the direction of the Aqua Alexandrina, which it should crossa little to the W. of its springs, if indeed it does not turn down to them. I have not yet followedits whole course, but could see no place where it could pass under the aqueduct. To the pro-longation of this, or to that mentioned in the footnote to p. 185, Ficoroni {Labuo
The church of SMaria antiqua . d. 2 Before the ascent begins, a road, the pavement of which is still well preserved for the mostpart (though in places it is covered by soil, and in others the stones have been removed for field-walls), diverges to the S., and runs in the direction of the Aqua Alexandrina, which it should crossa little to the W. of its springs, if indeed it does not turn down to them. I have not yet followedits whole course, but could see no place where it could pass under the aqueduct. To the pro-longation of this, or to that mentioned in the footnote to p. 185, Ficoroni {Labuo, 30) probably Classical Topography of the Roman Campagna.—I. 195 the ancient road is visible just on the right of the present At thefoot of the hill, on the left, is a large oval tomb of opus reticulatum andquadratum. Just before the top of the hill is reached, a road to a large villa of opus reticulatum on the edge of the hill, andapparently goes no further. Fifty yards further another road, almost as. Fig. 14.—Apse of St. Primittvus, Gabii. wide as the Praenestina itself—355 m. as against 4/10 m.—diverges a field-wall, which is the boundary of the Agro Romano (thisboundary line very frequently follows ancient roads) until it reaches, atpoint 74, a road running eastwards to Passerano, which perhaps started refers— al quale ( all acquedotto) al fine dov e una scaturiggine dacqua, 1antica selciatapassa contigua. (He is propounding a theory that the ancient road from Osteria del Finocchio toS. Cesareo ran in an absolutely straight line to the N. of the present road.) 1 A wall of opus quadratum 90 cm. in width can be traced on the S. side—it was intended tosupport the earth above the road. O 2 196 The British School at Rome. from Castiglione. This road has long been known to topographers, andis marked in the maps of Ameti (1693) and Cingolani (1704). Accordingto the former it started from this point only. Its pavement is preserved
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