The destruction of ancient Rome : a sketch of the history of the monuments (1899)
Lanciani, Rodolfo Amedeo, 1847-1929 · New York : London : Macmillan · leaf 77
54 DESTRUCTION OF ANCIENT ROME line of the walls was raised at once by ten or twelve feet. The best evidence of this fact is to be found at the Porta Ostiensis, now Porta di S. Paolo, close to the pyra- mid of Cestius (Fig. 13). The threshold of the gate of 402 is about twelve feet higher than the… … FIG. 13. — The raising of level at the Porta Ostiensis, A.D. 402. The Pyramid of Cestius is shown at the left. formed the Tiburtine gate of 272, is ten or twelve feet lower than the gate of 402. 1 The same observation applies to the Porta Flaminia, Porta Praenestina, Porta Portuensis, and Porta…
Rome (Italy) -- Antiquities
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