A select collection of views and ruins in Rome and its vicinity : recently executed from drawings made upon the spot . 5- I S; «1 s: >. THE BRIDGE SALARO. 1 HIS bridge, built over the Anio, or Teverone, is two miles fromthe Porta Salara. An inscription informs us that it was destroyed byTotila, and rebuilt by Narses, after his victory over the Goths. It wasnear this bridge, that Manlius in single combat slew a Gaul of giganticstature ; and taking from him a golden chain, obtained for himself andhis family the surname of Torquatus. PONT SALARO. t^E pont, bâti sur IAniene, ou le Teveron, est
A select collection of views and ruins in Rome and its vicinity : recently executed from drawings made upon the spot . 5- I S; «1 s: >. THE BRIDGE SALARO. 1 HIS bridge, built over the Anio, or Teverone, is two miles fromthe Porta Salara. An inscription informs us that it was destroyed byTotila, and rebuilt by Narses, after his victory over the Goths. It wasnear this bridge, that Manlius in single combat slew a Gaul of giganticstature ; and taking from him a golden chain, obtained for himself andhis family the surname of Torquatus. PONT SALARO. t^E pont, bâti sur IAniene, ou le Teveron, est à deux milles de laPorte Salara. On voit par linscription quil fut détruit par Totila,et réédifié ensuite par Narses, après la victoire quil remporta sur lesGoths. Les Gaulois étoient de lautre coté de ce pont, lorsque Manliustua, dans un combat singulier, un Gaulois dune taille gigantesque, dontil prit la chaîne dor, ce qui lui fit donner le surnom de Torquatus. N THE TEMPLE OF HOPE. About tliree miles from the Porta Maggiore, on the road to Prae-neste, we find so many ruins of old edifices, that the place, from theirnumb
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