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OLD ROME:
A HANDBOOK TO THE RUINS OF
THE CITY AND THE CAMPAGNA.
OLD ROME:
A HANDBOOK TO THE RUINS OF THE CITY
AND THE CAMPAGNA.
BY
ROBERT BURN, M.A.,
FELLOW OF TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE.
BEING AN EPITOME OF HIS LARGER WORK ‘ROME AND THE CAMPAGNA.’
LONDON: GEORGE BELL AND SONS, YORK STREET,
COVENT GARDEN.
CAMBRIDGE: DEIGHTON, BELL, & CO.
1880.
[The Right of Translation is reserved.]
LONDON:
PRINTED BY WILLIAM CLOWES AND SONS,
STAMFORD STREET AND CHARING CROSS.
PREFACE.
This book is intended to serve as a handbook to the actually-existingruins and monuments of ancient Rome and the Campagna. It is divided intotopographical sections for the convenience of travellers visiting Rome,and the monuments which exist in each section have been briefly described,and a summary given of their history and archæological value.
The introductory section contains general remarks upon the site,monumental history, and architecture of Rome; and in a section prefixed toChapter IX. the nature of the soil and configuration of the hills andvalleys of the district surrounding the city are stated.
In the Appendix to the eighth chapter will be found a list of the chiefmonumental antiquities in the museums, galleries, and other public places.This has been thought to be useful, as these are often difficult torecognise from being mixed with so many other attractive and importantobjects of more modern art and history. All speculative conjectures as tothe probable sites or constructions of ancient buildings or places havebeen avoided. Such questions require more space than can be spared in sosmall a volume, and have been fully treated of in my larger work, “Romeand the Campagna.”
I have confined myself in this handbook to a brief topographical,archæological, and historical description of each existing ruin ormonument. The references given have been restricted to modern treatisesand to a few of the more rarely read Greek and Latin authors. Fullclassical authorities are[Pg vi] given in “Rome and the Campagna,” and arereferred to in the foot-notes of this handbook.
The importance of topographical and archæological knowledge, in enablingus to realise the history of ancient life, both national