Identifier: historyofromeofr06duru (find matches)
Title: History of Rome, and of the Roman people, from its origin to the invasion of the barbarians
Year: 1883 (1880s)
Authors: Duruy, Victor, 1811-1894 Ripley, M. M Clarke, W. J Mahaffy, John Pentland, Sir, 1839-1919
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Publisher: Boston : C. F. Jewett
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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PLAN OF THE VILLA OF THE QUINTILII. his troops; he was not willing to dispute the Empire with the sonof Marcus Aurelius, but he might have done so had he chosen. He 1 From Canina, La Prima parte delta Via Appia, pi. 33. 2 A, peristyle; B, vestibule; C, nymphaeum; D, temple of Hercules; E, hot baths;F, tomb on the Appian Way (Canina, op. cit. pi. 32).
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RESTORATION OF THE VILLA OF THE QUINITILII, ON THE APPIAN WAY
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