The church of SMaria antiqua . V Fig. 15.—Via Praenestina at I Cancelletti. house called La Pallavicina, the pavement of which, as we were told onthe spot, had only recently been removed. This road according to Fabretti(De Aquis, plan opp. p. 90) ran on to join the Via Labicana not far S. Cesareo. Other ancient roads apparently crossed the tenuta in various directions,to judge from the number of paving stones in the field walls near thefarmhouse and from what we were Some of them were probably con- 1 In the Tenuta della Pallavicina was found a lead waterpipe, [Claudius Peljicissimu


The church of SMaria antiqua . V Fig. 15.—Via Praenestina at I Cancelletti. house called La Pallavicina, the pavement of which, as we were told onthe spot, had only recently been removed. This road according to Fabretti(De Aquis, plan opp. p. 90) ran on to join the Via Labicana not far S. Cesareo. Other ancient roads apparently crossed the tenuta in various directions,to judge from the number of paving stones in the field walls near thefarmhouse and from what we were Some of them were probably con- 1 In the Tenuta della Pallavicina was found a lead waterpipe, [Claudius Peljicissimus fecit( xiv. 2777 = xv. 7837 b) Classical Topography of the Roman Campagna.—I. 201 nected with the service of the great aqueducts, considerable remains of whichstill exist above ground in this district ; a fact which, as far as I know, hasnot yet been observed, the generally prevalent idea having been that afterCavamonte, which is quite three miles further E., all trace of them is lostuntil they emerge at the well-k


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