Leaf 63 - Porta naevia et Labicana Hodie Porta Maggiore

Lauro, Giacomo

Andrea Fei, Roma, 1625

1625

Rome (Italy) -- Antiquities.

Arches.

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

Porta Maggiore.

Aqueducts.

Claudius, Emperor of Rome, 10 B.C.-54 A.D

Vespasian, Emperor of Rome, 9-79.

Titus, Emperor of Rome, 40-81.

Porta Naevia and Labicana, now Porta Maggiore. This double arch was built by Emperor Claudius over the Praenestina and the Labicana roads and carried 2 aqueducts, the Aqua Claudia and the Anio Novus. It was later restored by Emperors Vespasian and Titus. The arches were incorporated into the Aurelian wall. It is now called the Porta Maggiore. There are three inscriptions on the arch.

The verso of this leaf contains text in three languages with page title in Italian: Porta Maggiore.

Leaf 63 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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Page 28.5 x 21 cm.

Image 23.5 x 17.75 cm.

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Porta Praenestina in University of Chicago's Penelope

Porta Maggiore

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