A select collection of views and ruins in Rome and its vicinity : recently executed from drawings made upon the spot . ,V X % ( > > v*^ ^N ^; ?^ ch ^ > N ^ _ ^ Ï W: o >^ M •^ ^ ; > s ^ ; <=^ t*l k ?^ a ?s- Ï •s ^ ^. ARCH OF JANUS QUADRIFRONS. X HIS arch, though its ornaments are no longer visible, is very ele-gantly constructed ; it is coated with Grecian marble, and the brick ruinson its summit formed a kind of fortress, erected during the civil wars. The small arch which appears in the view, was dedicated by theusurers to Septimius Severus, his wife Julia, and his son Carac
A select collection of views and ruins in Rome and its vicinity : recently executed from drawings made upon the spot . ,V X % ( > > v*^ ^N ^; ?^ ch ^ > N ^ _ ^ Ï W: o >^ M •^ ^ ; > s ^ ; <=^ t*l k ?^ a ?s- Ï •s ^ ^. ARCH OF JANUS QUADRIFRONS. X HIS arch, though its ornaments are no longer visible, is very ele-gantly constructed ; it is coated with Grecian marble, and the brick ruinson its summit formed a kind of fortress, erected during the civil wars. The small arch which appears in the view, was dedicated by theusurers to Septimius Severus, his wife Julia, and his son Caracalla. ARC DE JANUS aUADRIFRONS. t-^ET arc quoique dénué dornements est dune fort belle construction;il est revêtu de marbre Grec ; les ruines en briques qui couronnent cetédifice formoient une espèce de forteresse, élevée pendant les guerresciviles. Le petit arc que Ion voit près delà fut dédié par les orphevres àSeptime Sévère, à Julie son épouse, et à son fils Caracalla. E THE CLOACA MAXIMA. J HIS very celebrated sewer was begun by the elder Tarquin, andfinished by Tarquin the proud, who, to accomplish this great work,spared neither the lives nor tranquillity of his subjects; its strengthand magnificence we
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