Rome of To-day and Yesterday
the pagan city

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I.
A First Look at Rome

Topography - View from Montorio - Geologic formation of the site of Rome - Bersaglieri and Carabinieri - the Queen - Views from the Janiculum - the Tiber - Inundations - Island - Bridges - Source of the river - Streets - Street cleaning - Piazza di Trevi and Fountain - Water supply - Piazza del Popolo - Pincio - Piazza di Spagna

CHAPTER II.
Rome of the Kings

A real, historic period - The Palatine hill - the Walls of Romulus - Pre-historic occupation of the Seven Hills - Early populations - the name of Roma - Sabines, Latins, and Etruscans - Romulus - Beginning of Rome of history - the three sabine Kings - Memertine prison - Period of Etruscan supremacy - Capitoline hill - Temple of Jupiter Capitolinus - Unifying measures - Cloacae - Circus Maximus - Second wall of Rome - Population of the city - Remains of the Servian Wall

CHAPTER III.
Rome of the Republic (509-49 b.c.)

Buildings of the Republican period - the Forum Romanum - Comitium - Rostra - Curia - Temple of Saturn - Temple of Janus - Temple of Castor - Domus Publica - Arch - Tabularium - Scenes in the Forum - Basilicas - Forum Boarium - Temple of Fors Fortuna - Gates - Campus Martius - Its temples - Forum Olitorium - Remains of the three temples - Flaminian Circus - the Porticus - Porticus Octavii - Porticus Metelli - Pompey's buildings: Temple of Minerva, Theatre, Porticus, Senate-House - Pompey's statua - Appian road - the censorship - Flaminian road - Tombs - Aqueducts

CHAPTER IV.
Rome of the Emperors (49 b.c. - 330 a.d.)

Character and work of Caesar - the Julian Forum - Septa Julia - Rostra - Domus publica - Regia - Temple of Caesar - Youth of Octavius - His early carreer - Temple of Apollo - Domus Augustana - Porticus Octaviae - Triumph - Obelisks - Mausoleum - Theatre of Marcellus - the name Augustus - Basilica Julia - use of colore marbles - Giallo - Africano - Pavonazetto - White marbles - Augustan Forum - Temple of Mars Ultor - Temple of Hercules - Domestic misfortunes of Augustus - Temples rebuilt by Tiberius - Amphitheatre of Statilius Taurus - Agrippa - His Pantheon - Thermae - Naumachia - Aqueduct - Increased water supply - Gardens of Agrippa - Porticus of the Argonauts - Maecenas - His Villa - Ancient gardens - house of Germanicus - crypto-porticus - fire brigade station in trastevere - Columbaria - tomb of Cecilia Metella - Pyramid of Cestius - accession of Tiberius - temple of Augustus - Domus Tiberiana - Praetorian Camp - Praetorian Ampitheatre - Accession of Caligula - Aqueduct - Palace - Circus - Obelisk - Accession of Claudius - Aqueducts - Obelisks - Accession of Nero - the Golden House - Branch of the Claudian Aqueduct - Use of concrete - Arches in the Wolkonski Garden - The Sette Sale - Triumphal Arch - Thermae - Nero's Carreer and dearh - End of the Julian line.

CHAPTER V.
Rome and the Emperors (49 b.c. - 330 a.d.)(Continued)

Buildings of the Flavian dynasty - Character of the Flavii - The Colosseum - Forum and Temple of Peace - Villa of Sallust - Accession of Titus - Palace and Baths - Use of granite - Modern discoveries of ancient quarries - Red porphyry in Rome - Accession of Domitian - Temples of Isis and Serapis - Obelisks - Arch of Titus - Temple of Vespasian - Comte de Tournon's work in Rome - Palace of the Palatine - Character and carreer of Domitian - End of Flavian line - Accession of Nerva - His choice of a successor - Forum - Its ruins, the Colonnacce - Accession of Trajan - His reign the Golden Age of Rome - Personal appearance and character - The Circus MAximus - Aqueduct - Conquest of Dacia - Forum - Columns - Basilica Ulpia - Libraries - Reliefs of the Forum - Death - Accession of Hadrian - Temple of Trajan - Temple of Venus and Rome - Roman spoliation of Rome - Palace and Stadium of the Palatine - Pantheon - Brick-stamps - Mausoleum - House of the Vestals - Statues of Chief Vestals - A Maiden Priesthood - Accession of Antoninus Pius - Temple of Faustina - Roman graffiti - Accession of Marcus Aurelius - the younger Faustina - Temple and Column of Antoninus Pius - Column of Marcus Aurelius - Equestrian statue - Panels from Arch - Last of the adopted Emperors - Reign of Commodus - Year of the three Emperors.

CHAPTER VI.
Rome and the Emperors (49 b.c. - 330 a.d.)(Concluded)

Decline of Rome - Three African Emperors - Septimius Severus and Caracalla - Arch in the Forum - Arch of the Silversmiths - Janus of the Velabrum - Many rebuildings and restorations - Templus Sacrae Urbis - Marble plan of Rome - Erasures on two Arches - Palace on the Palatine - Remains of earlier buildings on the Palatine - Worship of Oriental divinities - Condition of Rome at this epoch - Marmoratum - Baths of Caracalla - Reign of two cousins of Caracalla - Their characters - Influence of four Syrian women in Rome - Reservoir - Ruins of the Esquiline - Opus Alexandrinum - Arch of Gallienus - Hall of Thermae of Gallienus - Character of Gallienus - Wall of Aurelian - Monte Testaccio - A corner of old Rome - Accession of Diocletian - His colleagues - Baths of the Six Emperors - New Archeological Museum - Hostilities among the collegue Emperors - Constantine becomes sole Emperor - Three monuments of Maxentius' Reign - Basilica - Temple of Romolus - Circus of Romolus - Thermae of Constantine - Its cornice in the garden of the Colonna Palace - Arch of Constantine - Trasference of the capital from Rome to Constantinople