This castle unites the memories of nearly two thousand past years with the living present. Having stood as a fitting tomb of a noble emperor, and again as the storm center of divisional strife, let it bide henceforth as a durable monument of Italian unity and freedom.
THE APPIAN WAY
Showing the Ruined Roman Tombs.
SUPPLEMENTARY READING
HISTORY OF THE ANCIENT WORLD—G. W. Botsford.
(The Macmillan Co.) It includes a brief history of Rome.
TOPOGRAPHY AND MONUMENTS OF ANCIENT ROME—S. B. Platner.
(Second edition, Allyn & Bacon.) The best treatment of the subject in English.
RUINS AND EXCAVATIONS OF ANCIENT ROME—Rudolfo Lanciani.