Walks in Rome (including Tivoli, Frascati, and Albano) . rleaving the station (railway) walk to the entrance to tlie Falls, and pass itand the bridge ; then turn to the right into Via Sibylla for the hotel of thatname. rpHE road from Rome to Tivoli follows the ancient Via Tiburtina-L for the greater part of its course, and leads through one of theleast interesting parts of the Campagna. Issuing from the Porta, , vsre pass the great basilica of the same name, and theCampo Verano, with its graves and cypresses, and descending intothe valley of the Anio, we cross the river by a modern br
Walks in Rome (including Tivoli, Frascati, and Albano) . rleaving the station (railway) walk to the entrance to tlie Falls, and pass itand the bridge ; then turn to the right into Via Sibylla for the hotel of thatname. rpHE road from Rome to Tivoli follows the ancient Via Tiburtina-L for the greater part of its course, and leads through one of theleast interesting parts of the Campagna. Issuing from the Porta, , vsre pass the great basilica of the same name, and theCampo Verano, with its graves and cypresses, and descending intothe valley of the Anio, we cross the river by a modern bridge, nearthe ancient Ponte Mammolo, which possibly took its name (PonsMammaeus) from Mammaea, mother of Alexander Severus. The little Teverone, or Anio, in which Silvia, the reputed motherof Romulus and Remus, exchanged her earthly life for that of agoddess, adds greatly to the charm of the Campagna. It rises nearTreba (Trevi) in the Simbrivinian hills, and flows through the gorgesof Subiaco and the country of the Aequi until it forms the falls of 662. Walks in Rome 663 Tivoli. After this stormy beginning it assumes a most peacefulcharacter, gliding gently between deep banks, and usually markedalong the brown reaches of the Campagna by its fringe of tendergreen willows. SUius calls it sulphureus, from the sulphurettedhydrogen which is poured into it at one point by the springs ofAlbula (Bagni). Sulphureis gelidus qua serpit leniter undisAd g-enitoreui Auio labens sine murumre Tybrim. —Sil. Ital. xii. 539. On its way through the plain several historical brooks pour theirwaters into the Anio. Of , the most remarkable are theMarrana, and the Osa, which flowed beneath the walls of Collatia(Lunghezza). Nibby says that anciently the Anio was navigablefrom the Ponte Lucano to its mouth. Strabo mentions that theblocks of travertine from the quarries near Tibur (Cave di Barco),and of lapis gabinus from Gabii, were brought to Korae by meansof it. But in the dark ages the channel
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