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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 25 January 2012
The excavations made in Rome during the winter of 1867–68 have been numerous, and their results important.
The first in period of time, and perhaps in importance also in an archæological point of view, was that made by the monks of SS. Cosmas and Damian behind their church and monastery, in what is now a courtyard, occupying the site of the porticus of the ancient temple out of which this church was made. In this excavation, at the depth of from twenty to thirty feet, were found several fragments of the celebrated Plan of Rome, of the third century of the Christian era, engraved on slabs of marble. The greater part of this curious plan was discovered in the sixteenth century, and placed against the walls of the staircase in the museum on the Capitol, but the exact spot on which it was found was not known, and the present discovery is therefore of high importance.
page 12 note a Bulletino Archæologico del Cavalieri C. de Rossi, 4to. Roma, 1867.
page 13 note a It is right to state that my opinion of the probability that the Porticus Liviœ and the Castra Misenatium were on these sites is not acceptable to the Roman antiquaries, who consider the divisions of the regiones as fully to be relied on, and that this makes my opinion absurd. The question is, on what authority do these divisions of the plan of the city rest?
page 14 note a See Proc. Soc. Antiq. 2d S. iii. 493.
page 19 note a For a general plan of this Valley see Plate III. The most important points are thus indicated:
A.A.A.A. San Gregorio. B.B. SS. Giovanni è Paolo. C.C. S. Thomas in Formis. D. S. Maria in Domnica. E. Piscina Publica. F.F. Agger, and Aqueduct. G. Porta Capena. H. Castella Aquæ. I. Camenæ (?). K. Fons Egeriæ(?). L. S. Balbina. M.M. Remains of Thermæ. N. Villa Mattei. O. S. Stefano Rotondo. P. Arch of Dolabella. Q.Q. Remains of Aqueducts. E. Remains of Claudium.
page 21 note a This Plate shows the excavated pavement of the via with the raised sidewalk or crepido. Beneath this is to be seen the specus (the roof supposed to be removed) of a third aqueduct found beneath the pavement.