Dictionary of Greek and Roman geography . mae. The Mutatorium Caesaris,perhaps a kind of imperial villa (Preller, 115), appears to have been situated themodern church of S. Balbina. (Montfaucon, Rom. Topogr. p. 112.) The three Tri-umphal Arches of Trajan, Veeus, andDrusus, mentioned by the Notitia in the 1st Regio,probably spanned the Via Appia in the space be-tween the temple of Jlars and the Porta arch still existing just within the Porta is generally tliought to be that of Drusus,the father of the emperor ( , inte
Dictionary of Greek and Roman geography . mae. The Mutatorium Caesaris,perhaps a kind of imperial villa (Preller, 115), appears to have been situated themodern church of S. Balbina. (Montfaucon, Rom. Topogr. p. 112.) The three Tri-umphal Arches of Trajan, Veeus, andDrusus, mentioned by the Notitia in the 1st Regio,probably spanned the Via Appia in the space be-tween the temple of Jlars and the Porta arch still existing just within the Porta is generally tliought to be that of Drusus,the father of the emperor ( , inter .alia complura, marmoreum arcum cumtropaeis via Appia decrevit (Druso), Suet. ) For many miles the tombs of distinguished Ro-mans skirt both sides of the Via Appia; and theseremains are perhaps better calculated than anyother object to impress the stranger with an adequateidea of Romes former greatness. For the most part,however, they lie beyond the bounds of the presentsubject, and we shall therefore content ourselves ROMA. 821. ARCH OF DRUSUS. with mentioning a few which were contained withinthe actual boundaries of the city. They appear toliave commenced immediately outside the PortaCapena ( An tu egressus porta Capena, cum Ca-latini, Scipionum, Servilioram, Sletellorum sepulcravides, miseros pufas illos? Cic Ttisc. i. 7); andhence many of them were included in tlie largercircuit of the walls of Aurelian. The tomb ofHoratia, slain by the hand of lier victorious brother,seems to have been situated just outside the gate.(Liv. i. 2 6.) Fortunately the most interesting of thosementioned by Cicero — the Tomb of the Scipios— is still in existence. It was discovered in 1780 inthe Viyna Sassi, on the left-hand side of the ViaAppia, a little beyond the spot where the ViaLatina branches off from it, and about 400 paceswithin tlie Porta S. Sobastiano. Its entrance ismarked by a single tall cypress tree. In Livystime the tomb was still adorned with three statues,said to be
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