. Dictionary of Greek and Roman geography . hermae. The Mutatorium Caesaris,perhaps a kind of imperial villa (Preller, 115), appears to have been situated near themodern church of S. Balbina. (Montfaucon, Rom. Topogr. p. 112.) The three Tri-umphal Arches of Trajan, Verus, andDrusus, mentioned by the Notitia in the 1st Regio,probably spanned the Via Appia in the space be-tween the temple of Mars and the Porta arch still existing just within the Porta is generally thought to be that of Drusus,the father of the emperor Claudius. (• PraetereaSenatus, inter
. Dictionary of Greek and Roman geography . hermae. The Mutatorium Caesaris,perhaps a kind of imperial villa (Preller, 115), appears to have been situated near themodern church of S. Balbina. (Montfaucon, Rom. Topogr. p. 112.) The three Tri-umphal Arches of Trajan, Verus, andDrusus, mentioned by the Notitia in the 1st Regio,probably spanned the Via Appia in the space be-tween the temple of Mars and the Porta arch still existing just within the Porta is generally thought to be that of Drusus,the father of the emperor Claudius. (• PraetereaSenatus, inter alia complura, marmoreum arcum cumtropaeis via Appia decrevit (Druso), Suet. Claud. 1.) For many miles the tombs of distinguished Ro-mans skirt both sides of the Via Appia; and theseremains are perhaps better calculated than anyother object to impress the stranger with an adequateidea of Romes former greatness. For the most part,however, they lie beyond the bounds of the presentsubject, and we shall therefore content ourselves b-n. OF DRUSU8. with mentioning a few which were contained withinthe actual boundaries of the city. They appear tohave commenced immediately outside the Portatajena ( An tu egressus porta Capena, cum Ca-latini, Scipionum, Serviliorum, Metellorum sepulcravides, miseros putas illos? Cic. Tusc. i. 7); andhence many of them were included in the largercircuit of the walls of Aurelian. The tomb ofHuratia, slain by the hand of her victorious brother,seems to have l>een situated just outside the gate.(Liv. i. 26.) Fortunately the most interesting of thosementioned by Cicero — the Tomb of the Scipios— is still in existence. It was discovered in 1780 inthe Vigna Sassi, on the left-hand side of the ViaAppia, a little beyond the spot where the ViaLatina branches off from it, and about 400 paceswithin the Porta S. Sebastiano. Its entrance ismarked by a single tall cypress tree. In Livystime the tomb was still adorned with three statues,.-aid to be
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