[108] See chap. [xxiii. 15-17] and note.
[109] Procopius errs again (cf. chap. [xix. 4]). He means the Porta Cornelia.
[110] Now called Castello di Sant' Angelo.
[111] i.e. No mortar or other binding material.
[112] The square structure was the base of the monument, each side measuring 300 Roman feet in length and 85 feet in height. Above this rose a cylindrical drum, surrounded by columns and carrying the statues, and perhaps capped by a second drum. For details see Jordan, Topographie der Stadt Rom, iii. 663 ff.
[113] Procopius neglects to say that the tomb was across the river from the circuit-wall at this point, at the end of a bridge (Pons Aelius) which faced the gate (Porta Cornelia) which he calls the Aurelian Gate.
[114] From the Pons Aelius.
[115] Because of the quadrangular shape of the building the Goths were able to take their enemy in flank and in rear by advancing beyond the corners.
[116] i.e. the Cornelian.