Dictionary of Greek and Roman geography . monument is in a muchbetter state of preservation than the arch of Titus,a circumstance which may perhaps be ascribed tothe respect entertained for the memory of the firstChristian emperor. For detailed descriptions anddrawings of this arch see Niebuhr {Beschr. iii. , seq.), Canina (Edijizj Antichi, classe xii.),Overbeke (Restes de l An. Rome, ii. t. 8, 9), Pira-nesi (Ant. Rom. i.). The Meta Suuans, so called from its resemblanceto the metac of the circus, was a fountain erectedby Domitian, remains of which are still to be seen 810 ROMA. between t
Dictionary of Greek and Roman geography . monument is in a muchbetter state of preservation than the arch of Titus,a circumstance which may perhaps be ascribed tothe respect entertained for the memory of the firstChristian emperor. For detailed descriptions anddrawings of this arch see Niebuhr {Beschr. iii. , seq.), Canina (Edijizj Antichi, classe xii.),Overbeke (Restes de l An. Rome, ii. t. 8, 9), Pira-nesi (Ant. Rom. i.). The Meta Suuans, so called from its resemblanceto the metac of the circus, was a fountain erectedby Domitian, remains of which are still to be seen 810 ROMA. between the arch of Constantine and the Colosseum.(Hieron. p. 443, Rone; Cassiod. Chron. ii. p. 198.)It stands in the middle of a large circular basin,which was discovered in the last excavations at thatspot, as well as traces of the conduit which con- EOMA. vered the water. A meta sudans is mentioned inSeneca (£)). 56), whence we might infer that theone DOW existing superseded an earlier one ( iii. 312, seq.; Canina, Indicaz. p. 119).. AKCH OF CONSTANTINE. VII. The Aventine. We have already adverted to the anomalous cha-racter of this hill, and how it was regarded withsuspicion in the early times of Rome, as there were several famous spots upon it, havingtraditions connected with them as old or older thanthose relating to the Palatine, as well as several re-nowned and antique temples. One of the oldest ofthese legendary monuments was the Altar ofEvander, which stood at the foot of the hill,near thePorta Trigemina. (Dionys. i. 32.) Not far from it,near the Salinae, was the Cave of Cacus, a namewhich a part of the hill near the river still retains.(Solinus, i. 8; cf. Virg. ^era. viii. 190, seq.; Ovid,Fast. i. 551, seq.) Here also was the altar said tohave been dedicated by Hercules, after he had foundthe cattle, to Jupiter Inventor. (Dionys. i. 39.)A spot on the summit of the hill, called Remoria,or Remuria, preserved the memory of the auspicestaken by Remus. (Pa
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