COLLECTION NAME:
Splendore Dell' Antica Roma
Record
Title:
Leaf 63 - Porta naevia et Labicana Hodie Porta Maggiore
Creator:
Lauro, Giacomo
Description:
Porta Naevia and Labicana, now Porta Maggiore. This double arch was built by Emperor Claudius over the Praenestina and the Labicana roads and carried 2 aqueducts, the Aqua Claudia and the Anio Novus. It was later restored by Emperors Vespasian and Titus. The arches were incorporated into the Aurelian wall. It is now called the Porta Maggiore. There are three inscriptions on the arch.
Description:
The verso of this leaf contains text in three languages with page title in Italian: Porta Maggiore.
Subject:
Rome (Italy) -- Antiquities.
Subject:
Arches.
Subject:
Rome (Italy) -- Buildings, structures, etc.
Subject:
Porta Maggiore.
Subject:
Aqueducts.
Subject:
Claudius, Emperor of Rome, 10 B.C.-54 A.D
Subject:
Vespasian, Emperor of Rome, 9-79.
Subject:
Titus, Emperor of Rome, 40-81.
Publisher:
Andrea Fei, Roma, 1625
Date:
1625
Coverage:
Rome (Italy)
Coverage:
Italy
Type:
Still Image
Extent:
28.5 x 21 cm
Format/Medium:
Engravings
Source:
Splendore dell'antica Roma, in Jen Library Archives and Special Collections, Savannah College of Art and Design.
Rights:
Though this item is believed to be in the Public Domain, copyright may have been retained by the authors or creators of items in this collection, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
