. The life of the Greeks and Romans. Fig. 371. * This was the same vessel in which, under Caligula, the obelisk of theVatican had been brought to Italy. By the Romans it was believed to be thelargest vessel that ever sailed on the ocean. HARBOUR OF OSTIA. 349 the rest, this harbour resembled that at CentunicellaG. Like thelatter, it consisted of an outer harbour built into the sea byClaudius, and of a large basin afterwards dug into the shoreby command of the Emperor Trajan. The basin was enclosed byfreestone walls, and communicated with the outer harbour byartificial canals, as also with the
. The life of the Greeks and Romans. Fig. 371. * This was the same vessel in which, under Caligula, the obelisk of theVatican had been brought to Italy. By the Romans it was believed to be thelargest vessel that ever sailed on the ocean. HARBOUR OF OSTIA. 349 the rest, this harbour resembled that at CentunicellaG. Like thelatter, it consisted of an outer harbour built into the sea byClaudius, and of a large basin afterwards dug into the shoreby command of the Emperor Trajan. The basin was enclosed byfreestone walls, and communicated with the outer harbour byartificial canals, as also with the open sea by means of the Tiber,the stream of which was well regulated and embanked. Fig. 372(scale 1,000 metres) shows Caninas design, made according to theexisting remnants of the harbour. The ruins of the harbour of. Claudius now lie one miglia inland, owing to the deposits of the design also indicates the storehouses for grains and othermerchandise by which the inner hexagonal basin was sur-rounded. A coin struck during the fifth consulate of Trajan( 103) gives a distinct view of this harbour and the buildingssurrounding it. As to the arrangements of such storehouses we 35o A STOREHOUSE IN ROME. easy com- may perhaps derive some knowledge from the remains of a buildingdiscovered by Piranesi near the Emporium in Borne, on the left bankof the Tiber (see Fig. 374). It rose fromthe river to the city in terraces in accord-ance with the natural conditions of theground. The ceilings of the store-roomswere vaulted ; graceful arches in theenclosing walls effected anmunication with the street. Fig. 374 shows the view of a harbourfrom a Pompeian wall-painting. Wallscrowned by towers serve as a means ofprotection. Storehouses sur-round the basin, connectedwith the shore b}^ means ofa bridge. On a
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