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Title: Rambles in Rome : an archæological and historical guide to the museums, galleries, villas, churches, and antiquities of Rome and the Campagna
Year: 1887 (1880s)
Authors: Forbes, S. Russell
Subjects: Art -- Rome Rome -- Guidebooks Rome -- Antiquities
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bargee. Although the Mulvian bridge *(, may be so near. And keels glide swiftly on the Sacred Tiber. THE JANICULUM. The long narrow ridge which commands Rome on its western side took its name from Janus (Virgil, En. vii. 358), but, although forti-fied by Ancus Martius, was not reckoned in the city. It was some-times called Mons Aureus, from the golden colour of its sandy soil. From the fort on the summit a flag flying denoted that all was well; but if the flag was hauled down, the enemy were in view. It was this fort that Lars Porsena seized when Horatius defended the bridge below. Above the church of S. Pietro in Muntorio is The hills of Rome. She ruled the world. t Five miles on the Salarian Way. X Sax Ruba, eight miles on the Flaminian Way. § On the Ides of May a popular carousal was held to this goddess, on the fields of Aqua Acetosa, by the banks of the Tiber, whereat many were espoused. (See Ovid, F. iii. 523.) II Northern roads, one on either side of the Tiber. 11 Now Ponte MoUe.
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140 IN TRASTEVERE. THE PAULINE FOUNTAIN, (Fontanel Paolina,) supplied by the ancient Aqua Trajana, which has its source in the Lago di Bracciano, thirty-five miles from Rome. The fountain was built out of the remains of the Temple of Minerva which stood in the Forum of Domitian. The road through the Porta S. Pancrazio leads to the VILLA PAMPHILI DORIA. Open on Monday and Friday afternoons; one-horse carriages not admitted. The villa —the most extensive and delightful of the Roman villas, abounding in avenues and woods, fountains and cascades— is situated on the summit of the Janiculum, it is supposed upon the site of a villa of Galba. From the ilex-fringed terrace there is one of the best views of S. Peter's ; a lake supporting swans ; a temple to the slain amongst the besiegers of Rome in 1849 —all of which must be seen to be appreciated. Galba was buried in his gardens, which are situated on the Aurelian Way, not far from the city (Eutropius, vii. 16). lie-entering the city, and descending

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