Leaf 81 - De Circo Florae In Regione Hortor Salustii

Lauro, Giacomo

Andrea Fei, Roma, 1625

1625

Rome (Italy) -- Antiquities.

Circus -- Rome.

Rome (Italy) -- Buildings, structures, etc.

Gardens of Sallust -- Rome (Italy).

The Circus Flora in Sallustio. The Horti Sallustiani was a luxurious garden in ancient Rome that spread over the Pincio and Quirinal Hills. What remains is an obelisk that is now above the Spanish Steps, the vestibule in the Piazza Sallustion, and what has been referred to as the "supposed circus of Flora". One source suggests that there was no Circus of Flora, but there were Games of Flora which were held in the Circus Maximus.

The verso of this leaf contains text in three languages with page title in Italian: Cerchio di Flora

Leaf 81 Recto and Verso.

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Splendore dell'antica Roma, by Giacomo Lauro, in Roma: Nell Stamperia di Andrea Fei, l'anno del Giubileo MDCXXV [1625]

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Book review of The Gardens of Sallust...

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