Rome and Environs: An Archaeological Guide

1017 Pages·2014·27.8 MB·English

by  Filippo Coarelli

In honor of beloved Virgil —
“O degli altri poeti onore e lume . . .”
— Dante, Inferno
The publisher gratefully acknowledges the generous contribution to this
book provided by the Classical Literature Endowment Fund of the
University of California Press Foundation, which is supported by a major
gift from Joan Palevsky.
ROME AND ENVIRONS

THE CITY OF ROME: 1 Porta Trigemina. 2 Porta Lavernalis. 3 Porta
Raudusculana. 4 Porta Naevia. 5 Porta Capena. 6 Porta
Caelimontana. 7 Porta Querquetulana. 8 Porta Esquilina. 9 Porta
Viminalis. 10 Porta Collina. 11 Porta Quirinalis. 12 Porta Salutaris. 13
Porta Sanqualis. 14 Porta Fontinalis. 15 Porta Carmentalis. 16 Porta
Flumentana. 17 Arcus Arcadi, Honorii, et Theodosii. 18 Porta
Cornelia. 19 Porta Flaminia. 20 Porta Pinciana. 21 Porta Salaria. 22
Porta Nomentana. 23 “Porta Chiusa”. 24 Porta Tiburtina. 25 Porta
Praenestina. 26 Porta Asinaria. 27 Porta Metrovia. 28 Porta Latina.
29 Porta Appia. 30 Porta Ardeatina. 31 Porta Ostiensis. 32 Porta
Portuensis. 33 Porta Aurelia. 34 Porta Septimiana. 35 Capitolium. 36
Arx. 37 Roman Forum. 38 Basilica of Maxentius. 39 Temple of Venus
and Rome. 40 Forum of Caesar. 41 Forum of Augustus. 42 Temple of
Peace. 43 Forum Transitorium. 44 Forum of Trajan. 45 House of
Augustus and Temple of Apollo. 46 Domus Tiberiana. 47 Domus
Flavia and Domus Augustana. 48 Domus Severiana. 49 Temple of
Helagabalus. 50 Colosseum. 51 Ludus Magnus. 52 Temple of
Claudius. 53 Mint and Mithraeum of S. Clemente. 54 Castra Nova
Equitum Singularium. 55 Amphitheatrum Castrense. 56 Sessorium.
Equitum Singularium. 55 Amphitheatrum Castrense. 56 Sessorium.
57 Baths of Helena. 58 Circus Varianus. 59 Domus Aurea. 60 Baths of
Titus. 61 Baths of Trajan. 62 “Sette Sale”. 63 Porticus Liviae. 64
Macellum Liviae?. 65 Horti Maecenatis. 66 Nymphaeum of Alexander
Severus. 67 “Temple of Minerva Medica”. 68 Temple of Serapis. 69
Baths of Constantine. 70 Baths of Diocletian. 71 Horti Sallustiani. 72
Castra Praetoria. 73 Arcus Claudii and Aqua Virgo. 74 Hadrianic
insulae. 75 Temple of the Sun. 76 Arco di Portogallo. 77 Horti
Luculliani. 78 Theater of Marcellus. 79 Temples of Apollo and
Bellona. 80 Circus Flaminius. 81 Porticus of Octavia. 82 Porticus of
Philippus. 83 Temple of Mars?. 84 Largo Argentina. 85 Porticus
Minucia Frumentaria. 86 Theater and Crypta of Balbus. 87 Theater
and Porticus of Pompey. 88 Ustrinum of Hadrian. 89 Trigarium. 90
Tarentum. 91 Baths of Agrippa. 92 Pantheon. 93 Saepta Julia. 94
Iseum of Campus Martius. 95 Divorum. 96 Stadium of Domitian. 97
Odeon of Domitian. 98 Baths of Nero. 99 Temple of Matidia. 100
Temple of Hadrian. 101 Column of Marcus Aurelius. 102 Ustrinum
and Column of Antoninus Pius. 103 Ustrinum of Marcus Aurelius. 104
Ara Pacis. 105 Horologium of Augustus. 106 Mausoleum of Augustus.
107 Forum Holitorium. 108 Area Sacra di S. Omobono. 109 Forum
Boarium. 110 Circus Maximus. 111 Temples of Diana and Minerva.
112 Thermae Suranae. 113 Mithraeum of S. Prisca. 114 Thermae
Decianae. 115 Baths of Caracalla. 116 Emporium. 117 Porticus
Aemilia. 118 Horrea Galbana. 119 Horrea Lolliana. 120 Monte
Testaccio. 121 Pyramid of Gaius Cestius. 122 Area around Via
Portuensis. 123 Syrian Sanctuary on the Janiculum. 124 Casa della
Farnesina. 125 Circus of Caligula. 126 Meta Romuli. 127 Naumachia
Vaticana. 128 Mausoleum of Hadrian
Environs of
Rome
ROME AND ENVIRONS
An Archaeological Guide
FILIPPO COARELLI
TRANSLATED BY
JAMES J. CLAUSS AND DANIEL P. HARMON
ILLUSTRATIONS ADAPTED BY
J ANTHONY CLAUSS AND PIERRE A. MACKAY
UPDATED EDITION
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CONTENTS
Translators’ Preface
Introduction
City Walls
Capitoline
Roman Forum
Imperial Fora
Palatine
Valley of the Colosseum
Esquiline
Caelian
Quirinal, Viminal, and the Via Lata
Campus Martius
Forum Holitorium, Forum Boarium, Circus Maximus, and the Baths of
Caracalla
Aventine, Trastevere, and the Vatican