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Wi t h s en timen ts of the highe s t r es pect and consider ation I hav e t he ho no ur t o b e o b . e Your obliged and m st o ed s rv. V ENANZ I O MO NALD I NI . PREFACE BY NIBBY . asi r e uested me to cor r ect In 1 81 8 the late M. V q his wor k on the t opogr aphy an d mon ume n t s of he r e s e t ue t o the an cien t an d moder n Rome . T p c d author in duced me mer ely t o e lface mistak e s an d to in ser t i n the n ew edition the most r ecen t dis cover ie s made i n the an cient t opogr aphy of t he f the mon um n ci ty an d the actualstate o e ts. After the death of V asi I pub li shed a newe dition r i n 1 824 in hich I com leted ha of this wo k , w p w t had b een commen ced i n 1 81 8 an d made so many chan ges that exceptin g the me thod , whi ch i s ar lthe same thi s e dition ma b e co n sider ed n e y , y h f our ab le r e as an e ntir ely newwork . T e av cep m t ith an d the r e fer e n ce i t has tion i t has e w , p in e other r k s on the same sub ec t ob ta e d ov r wo j , induced me t o pub li sh n e wedition s i n 1 his las t b n h ted I n u and 834. T ei g e x aus owp b lish one mor e comple te an d mor e exact than h F e sh is e i ha t ose that have pr e cede d. r d cov r es ve lately b een made i n the t opogr aphy of an cien t Rome an d i ts envir on s ar ticular li n the for um , p y and on t he e as ter n side of the Capitolin e hill; histor ic mon umen ts ar e thus daily b r ought t o light and we now t r e ad on the same soilas the n s i h gr e a t me of an tiquity . At the ame t me t at unk no n mon umen ts ar e thus disc er ed th e w ov , os that fallt o r uin ar e k ept i n a state of r epair a V II E P R E F A C . A o n to the o inion most ene a lladmitted cc r di g p g r y , e b Romulus a escen dant o Rome was foun d d y , d f o the Alban kin s in the 75 3 ear E neas an d f g , y e it wa o i in a llli befor e the chr istian er a . Th c y s r g y mited to the P a latine hillthe Capitolin e was added a ter the r a e o the Sab in e women an d then the f p f , va lle se ar a tin those two hills b ec ame the or um. y , p g , f uma the s cce so o Romuls enclosed a N , u s r f u , a the i in t the c Ate the destr uc p r t of Qu r alwi hin ity . f r tion o Alba b Tullius Hostilius o Tellene Ficana f y ; f , and P olitor ium b Ancus ar tius the Cwlian an d y M , Aven tine hills or med ar t o the cit an d wer e eo f p f y, p o en pled by the in habitan ts of those town s. A wo d br id e ca lled the ublician celebr a ted or the va g , S , f lour o Cocles was th own ove th iver a n d a ci f , r r e r , a t delwas built on the Ja niculum by Ancus Mar tius. Ser vius Tullius en larg ed the city by en closing the r emain der ofthe Quir in alas wella s the Vimin a lan d the Es quilin e; he sur r oun ded it with walls composed ofsquar e blocks ofvolca n ic tufo for tified it with an a er or r am ar t extendin r om the uir in a lto gg , p , g f Q the a r ch of Ga llien us on the Esquiline ; the seven hills an d a smallpar t of the Janiculum wer e thus enclosed within a ci c it o ab t ei h mile r u f ou g t s.
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