A dictionary of Greek and Roman . tobe kept of the quantity supplied for private use,for the protection of the revenue derived from thissource. (Vitrav. viii. 7. s. 6. §§ 1, 2.) The minor castella, which received the waterfrom this chief head, were distributed over thecity, in such a manner that the A qua Appia sup-plied seven regiones by means of twenty castella ;the Anio Vetus, ten regiones through thirty-fivecastella ; the Marcia, ten regiones through fifty-onecastella ; the Tepida, four regiones through fourteencastella ; the Julia, seven regiones through seven-teen castella;
A dictionary of Greek and Roman . tobe kept of the quantity supplied for private use,for the protection of the revenue derived from thissource. (Vitrav. viii. 7. s. 6. §§ 1, 2.) The minor castella, which received the waterfrom this chief head, were distributed over thecity, in such a manner that the A qua Appia sup-plied seven regiones by means of twenty castella ;the Anio Vetus, ten regiones through thirty-fivecastella ; the Marcia, ten regiones through fifty-onecastella ; the Tepida, four regiones through fourteencastella ; the Julia, seven regiones through seven-teen castella; the Virgo, three regiones througheighteen castella ; the Claudia and the Anio Vetus,ninety-two castella. (Frontin. 79—86.) For anaccount of the parts of the city supplied by thedifferent aqueducts, see Becker, Handb. d. vol. i. pp. 707, 708. The subjoined plan and elevation represent aruin still remaining at Rome, commonly called the Trophies of Marius, which is generally con-sidered to have been the castellum of an It is now much dilapidated, but was tolerablyentire about the middle of the 16th century, asmay be seen by the drawing published by Gamucci{Antichita di Roma, in. p. 100), from which thisrestoration is made. The trophies, then remain-ing in their places, from which the monumentderives its modern appellation, are now placed onthe Capitol. The ground plan is given from anexcavation made some years since by the studentsof the French Academy ; it explains part of theinternal construction, and shows the arrangementadopted for disposing of the superfluous water ofan aqueduct. The general stream of water is firstdivided by the round projecting buttress into twocourses, which subdivide themselves into five minorstreams, and finally fall into a reservoir. The castella were divided into two classes, thepublica and privata. AQUAEDUCTUS. The castella publico, were again subdivided intosix classes, which furnished water for the followinguses : — (1
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