List of Illustrations.

PLAN OF ANCIENT ROME,[xxviii]
PIAZZA DEL POPOLO,[3]
COLUMN OF MARCUS AURELIUS,[7]
TEMPLE OF NEPTUNE,[9]
PLAN OF THE ROMAN FORUM,[17]
THE ROMAN FORUM, LOOKING TOWARDS THE CAPITOLINE HILL,[19]
THE ROMAN FORUM FROM THE CAPITOL,[23]
DUILIAN COLUMN,[25]
TEMPLE OF VESPASIAN, TABULARIUM, AND PORTICO OF THE TWELVE GODS,[29]
DEATH OF VIRGINIA,[34]
PLAN OF THE ROSTRA, AND TEMPLE-TOMB OF CÆSAR,[37]
HADRIAN ADDRESSING THE PEOPLE FROM THE ROSTRA JULIA,[37]
MARCUS CURTIUS LEAPING INTO THE GULF,[39]
THE ROSTRA,[42]
PLAN OF THE ROSTRA AD PALMAM,[45]
RELIEF FROM THE ARCH OF CONSTANTINE,[47]
DEDICATION OF THE TEMPLE,[51]
PLAN OF THE ATRIUM VESTÆ,[53]
PLAN OF THE NORTH SIDE OF THE SACRA VIA,[57]
PLAN OF THE HOUSE OF CÆSAR AND PORTICO OF PEARL-DEALERS,[61]
PLAN OF THE PALATINE HILL, AND PALACE OF THE CÆSARS,[68]
PLAN OF THE PALACE OF DOMITIAN,[80]
PLAN OF THE HOUSE OF GERMANICUS,[81]
PLAN OF THE BASILICA ON THE PALATINE,[82]
ARCH OF TITUS, BEFORE RECENT EXCAVATIONS,[87]
BAS-RELIEF ON THE ARCH OF TITUS,[88]
ARCH OF TITUS, WITH THE META SUDANS, AND BASILICÆ OF THE FORUM OF CUPID,[90]
ARCH OF CONSTANTINE,[93]
THE COLOSSEUM,[97]
EXCAVATIONS ON THE ARENA OF COLOSSEUM,[99]
SECTION OF SEATS AND ARCHES OF THE COLOSSEUM,[102]
S. PETER'S AND THE VATICAN,[107]
INTERIOR OF S. PETER'S,[111]
THE FARNESE PALACE,[133]
THE PAULINE FOUNTAIN,[139]
THE PANTHEON,[151]
INTERIOR OF THE PANTHEON,[153]
BATHS OF AGRIPPA,[157]
VIEW OF THE CAPITOL,[165]
TEMPLE OF JUPITER CAPITOLINUS,[167]
TARPEIAN ROCK,[168]
PLAN OF THE PALAZZO DEI CONSERVATORI,[176]
ROUND TEMPLE OF HERCULES AND TEMPLE OF PATRICIAN CHASTITY,[203]
FOUNTAIN OF TREVI,[215]
PLAN OF THE FORUM OF TRAJAN,[219]
TRAJAN'S FORUM,[221]
BATHS OF HADRIAN AND GOLDEN HOUSE OF NERO,[225]
THE SCALA SANTA,[242]
BASILICA OF S. MARIA MAGGIORE,[257]
BATHS OF CARACALLA,[277]
CIRCUS OF MAXENTIUS,[295]
TOMB OF CECILIA METELLA,[297]
MAP OF THE ROMAN CAMPAGNA,[300]
PLAN OF TIVOLI,[316]
GROTTO OF THE SIBYL, TIVOLI,[319]
TEMPLE OF VESTA AND GROTTO OF NEPTUNE,[320]
PLAN OF HADRIAN'S VILLA AT TIVOLI,[322]
VILLA OF HADRIAN,[323]
PORTA MAGGIORE,[325]
CLAUDIAN AQUEDUCT,[329]
SKETCH PLAN OF THE EXCAVATIONS AT OSTIA,[345]

Contents.

FIRST IMPRESSIONS.

THE TOPOGRAPHY OF ROME—THE PLAN OF OUR RAMBLES—HEALTH AND CLIMATE—USEFUL HINTS—THE TIBER—HOW ROME BECAME RUINS—THE WALLS OF ROME—THE GATES—ROMAN CONSTRUCTION[xi-xxvii]

RAMBLE I.