. The student's manual of ancient geography, based upon the Dictionary of Greek and Roman geography. elo. XT. Bridges.—The Tiber was crossed by seven bridges, which maybe enumerated in the following order from X. to S. :—Pons by Hadrian to connect his mausoleum with the city. P. Neroni- ^ Qnse, Tiberine, ridebis Fiinera, quum tuinulum preeterlabere recentem.—.En. vi. S74. ^^ Quid Xerone pejus ? Quid Thermis melius Xeronianis. vii. 34. ^ A Meroe portabit aquas, ut spargat in aede Isidis, antique quse proxima surgit ovili. Jut. vi. 52S. The name Tvas derived from .Janus :— Ha
. The student's manual of ancient geography, based upon the Dictionary of Greek and Roman geography. elo. XT. Bridges.—The Tiber was crossed by seven bridges, which maybe enumerated in the following order from X. to S. :—Pons by Hadrian to connect his mausoleum with the city. P. Neroni- ^ Qnse, Tiberine, ridebis Fiinera, quum tuinulum preeterlabere recentem.—.En. vi. S74. ^^ Quid Xerone pejus ? Quid Thermis melius Xeronianis. vii. 34. ^ A Meroe portabit aquas, ut spargat in aede Isidis, antique quse proxima surgit ovili. Jut. vi. 52S. The name Tvas derived from .Janus :— Hanc Janus pater, banc Saturnus condidit arcem : Janiculimi huic. illi fuerat Saturnia nomen. viii. 35 7. 5 Trans Tiberim longe cubat is, prope Caesaris hortos.—Hoe. Sat. i. 9, The lake of this one remained for a long period : — Continuo dextra- flavi pete Tibridis oras, Lydia qua penitus stagnum navale coercet Pdpa, suburbanisque vadum prtetexiuu hortis.—Stat. Sih:. iv, 4, 5.^ Simul et jocosa Eedderet laudes tibi Vaticani Montis imago. Hoe. Carm. i. 20, 6. 550 LATIOL . BuOK Mole of Hadrian restored. anus or Vaticanus, leading from the Campus Martins to the Vaticanand the Gardens of Xero ; the remains of its piers are still Aurelius, on the site of the Fonte Sisto, leading to Janiculum. ^ and P. Cestius, the former connecting the Insula Tiberina\\ith. the city, the latter with the Janiculum; they still exist under thenames of Ponte Quattro Capi and Ponte S. Bartolommeo. P. Senatoriusor Palatinus, opposite the Palatine Hill; and P. Sublicius,^ the oldest ofall. said to have been erected by Ahcus Martins, and named after the wooden beams (suhlices) of which it was built. We may also noticethe P. Milvius or Mulvius, the present Ponte JSIolle, 2 miles X. of thecity at the point where the Flaminian Way crossed the river. XYI. A queducts.—Rome was supplied with water by fourteen aque-ducts, the first of which was constructed in 313 b
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