CITY OF ROME



General collections of source materials:


 

Curiosum Urbis Romae (fourth century A.D.[ed. Alexander Riese, Geographi Latini Minores1878]): a summary of the contents:

Item:
Number:  
Locations (by regio or by name):
Libraries 28  
Obelisks 6 two in the Circus Maximus, one in the Circus Vaticanus, one in the Campus Martius, two at the Mausoleum of Augustus
Bridges 8 Aelius, Aemilius, Aurelius, Milvius, Sublicius, Fabricius, Cestius, Pons Probi.
Hills 7 Caelian, Aventine, Tarpeian, Palatine, Esquiline, Vatican, Janiculum
Parks 8 Viminal, Agrippa, Martius, Codetanus, Octavius, Pecuarius, Lantarius, Bruttianus
Forums 11 Forum Romanum, Fora of Caesar, of Augustus, of Nerva, of Trajan, of Ahenobarbus, Forum Boarium, Forum Suarium, Forum Pistorum, Forum Gallorum, Forum Rusticorum
Basilicas 10 Julia, Ulpia, Paula, Vestilia, Neptunia, Matidia, Marciana, Vascolaris, Floscellaria, Constantiniana
Baths 11 Thermae of Trajan, of Titus, of Commodus, Antoniniana, [of Caracalla], Suranae, of Agrippa, of Alexander Severus, of Diocletian, of Constantine, of Septimius Severus
Aqueducts 19 Aqua Traiana, Aniena, Aniena II, Marcia, Claudia, Herculi, Caerulea, Julia, Augustea, Appia, Alsetina, Ciminia, Aurelia, Damnata, Virgo, Tepula, Severiana, Antoniniana, ALexandrina.
Roads 29 Via Traiana, Appia, Latina, Labicana, Praenestina, Tiburtina, Nomentana, Salaria, Flaminia, Aemilia, Clodia, Lauarentina, Valeria, Aurelia, Campana, Ostiensis, Portuensis, Ianiculuensis, Ardeatina, Setina, Tiberina, Quintia, Cassia, Gallica, Cornelia, Triumphalis, Patinaris, Asinaria, Ciminia.

 

Summary of other Items
Major features:
Features:
2 Capitols 37 gates
2 Circuses 423 city streets
2 Amphitheaters 433 shrines
2 colossi 672 ward-officials (vicomagistri)
2 spiral columns (trajan, Marcus Aurelius) 29 curatores
2 markets (macella) 46,602 apartment blocks (insulae)
3 theaters 1790 private residences (domus)
4 ludi 290 grain storage facilities (horrea)
5 naumachiae 856 baths (balnea, not thermae)
15 nymphaea 1352 fountains
22 large equestrian statues 254 grain mills
80 statues of gods in gold 46 brothels (lupanaria)
74 statues of gods in ivory 144 public latrines
36 marble arches of victory  

 

THE GREAT FIRE of Rome broke out on July 19, 64 A.D., at the north wall of the Circus Maximus, 417 years, 417 months, and 417 days after the entry of the Gauls into Rome in the early IV century B.C. (Tacitus Annales 15. 38-41). Total destruction overtook the III Augustan Region (Subura), X (Palatina) and XI (Circus Maximus). Only four regions were left untouched: XIV (Transtiberim), I (Porta Capena), V (Esquilina), and VI (Quirinal). The fire is said to have raged for nine days. (Corpus Inscriptionum latinarum VI. 826 = Inscriptiones Latinae Selectae 4914)


 

January 26, 2010 12:48 PM

John Paul Adams, CSUN
john.p.adams@csun.edu

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