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The Destruction of Ancient Rome : a Sketch of the History of the Monuments : THE DESTRUGTION OF ANCIENT ROME LANCJANl V1665., BY PURCHASE. DISCARD TOWN LIBRARY LANCASTER, MASS. /.B.CLARKE f&antj books of &rd)3cologtj ano Antiquities THE DESTRUCTION OF ANCIENT ROME o I I .5 S all 1 1 ?- P -n :..? i H i ?<- ,-V ':, ' = -/'<>' -. 4l -- --*- <i^ 1 > . i, -f' NM|i ,;^>;, >^n ^M/^ \A V> V> */i &, d K /. THE DESTRUCTION OF ANCIENT HOME A SKETCH OF THE HISTORY OF THE MONUMENTS BY RODOLFO LANCIANI D.C.L. OXFORD, LL.D. HARVARD PROFESSOR OF ANCIENT TOPOGRAPHY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF ROME Wefo ff otfc THE MACMILLAN COMPANY LONDON: MACMILLAN & CO., LTD. 1899 All rightu reserved COPYRIGHT, 1899 BY THE MACMILLAN COMPANY NortoooB J. S. Cushing & Co. Berwick & Smith Norwood Mass. THE GETTY RESEARCH INSTITUTE LIB.V.RY PREFATORY NOTE PROFESSOR RODOLFO LANCIANI needs no introduction to English readers. This book sums up briefly the results of researches, extending over many years, in regard to the fate of the buildings and masterpieces of art in ancient Rome. In his work upon this subject and upon his large map Professor Lanciani has searched hundreds of volumes of municipal and ecclesiastical records, besides examining several thousand separate documents ; and he has ran- sacked the principal libraries of Europe for prints and drawings showing the remains of ancient Rome at differ- ent periods. Much of the new material thus collected will appear in fuller form in an extensive work, compris- ing several volumes, which will be published in Italian under the title Storia degli Scavi di Roma. The present volume is a forerunner of the larger work. Thanks are due to Professor Walter Dennison of Ober- lin College, for kind assistance in reading the proofs, and for the compilation of the Indexes. F. W. K. NOVEMBER 1, 1899. CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I. THE DESTROYERS OF ANCIENT ROME ..... 3 II. THE TRANSFORMATION OF REPUBLICAN ROME BY THE EM- PERORS .......... 10 III. THE USE OF EARLIER MATERIALS, PARTICULARLY MARBLES, IN THE BUILDING OPERATIONS OF THE LATER EMPIRE . 28 IV. THE ASPECT OF THE CITY AT THE BEGINNING OF THE FIFTH CENTURY 47 V. THE SACK OF THE GOTHS IN 410, AND ITS CONSEQUENCES . 66 VI. THE SACK OF ROME BY THE VANDALS IN 455 ... 74 VII. THE CITY IN THE SIXTH CENTURY 77 VIII. BURIAL PLACES WITHIN AND WITHOUT THE WALLS . 89 IX. THE DEVASTATION AND DESERTION OF THE CABIPAGNA . 101 X. THE MONUMENTS IN THE SEVENTH CENTURY . 106 XL THE INCURSION OF THE SARACENS IN 846, AND THE EXTEN- SION OF THE FORTIFICATIONS OF THE CITY . 126 XII. THE FLOOD OF 856 139 XIII. THE ROME OF THE EINSIEDLEN ITINERARY . 142 XIV. THE USURPERS OF THE HOLY SEE AND THE SACK OF 1084 154 XV. ROME AT THE END OF THE TWELFTH CENTURY THE ITINERARY OF BENEDICT 174 vii viii CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE XVI. MARBLE-CUTTERS AND LIME-BURNERS OF MEDIAEVAL AND RENAISSANCE ROME 180 XVII. THE BEGINNINGS or THE MODERN CITY .... 198 XVIII. THE SACKING OF ROME BY THE ARMY OF CHARLES OF BOURBON IN 1527 214 XIX. THE MONUMENTS IN THE LATTER PART OF THE SIX- TEENTH CENTURY ........ 227 XX. THE MODERNISATION OF MEDIAEVAL BUILDINGS IN THE SEVENTEENTH AND EIGHTEENTH CENTURIES . 253 XXI. MODERN USE OF ANCIENT MATERIALS .... 258 INDEXES : I. INDEX OF SUBJECTS 267 II. INDEX OF PASSAGES AND INSCRIPTIONS , 278 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS view of . Panoramic Rome by Balthasar Jenichen . Frontispiece FIGURE PAGE 1. Substructions of the palace of Septimius Severus. From a photograph 2 2. Torre dei Schiavi. From a photograph 6 3. Section of steps of the round temple of the Forum Boarium, earlier showing and later construction . .11 4. Fragment of painted terra cotta antefix from the temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus. From Tav. xiii. of the Bullettino Comunale, 1896 12 5. Fragment of painted tile from an early temple on the Esqui- xiii. line. From Tav. of the Bullettino Comunale, 1896 . 13 6. Section of excavations in the Via di S. Gregorio, showing changes of level ......... 19 7. Fragment of the tomb of Celer. From a photograph . 21 8. Excavation of the Via Nazionale on the Quirinal, showing re- mains of buildings of different periods. From a photograph 25 9. Part of the upper story of the Coliseum, repaired with mate- rials from earlier buildings. From a photograph . 29 10. Another view of the upper story of the Coliseum, showing repairs made with architectural fragments from various sources. From a photograph 30 11. A statue, broken into fragments, in process of reconstruction. From a photograph 44 12. The monument of Stilicho in the Forum. From a photograph 51 13. The raising of level at the Porta Ostiensis, A.I>. 402 ... 54 14. Bronze heads found in 1880 under the English Church, Via del Babuino. After Tav. i. of the Bullettino Comunale, 1881 . 67 15. Section of the channel of the Aqua Marcia, at Monte Arcese, showing deposits on the bottom and sides .... 81 16. The remains of the Claudian aqueduct at the Porta Furba. From a photograph ........ 86 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 17. Tomb of P. Vibius Marianus, so-called "Tomb of Nero," on the Via Clodia, 4 miles north of Rome. From a print . 93 18. Columbarium on the Via Severiana, near Ostia, opened in 1868. From a print 94 19. The Sepolcro degli Stucchi, showing the hole made by plun- derers in the vaulted ceiling. From a print ... 97 20. View of the Campagna, remains of the Claudian aqueduct in the distance. From a photograph . .100 21. The column of Phocas in the Forum. From a photograph . 107 22. The Pronaos of the Pantheon. From a photograph . 113 23. The tomb of St. Paul and the canopy of Arnolfo di Lapo in S. Paolo fuori le Mura, after the fire of 1823. From a print . 132 24. Tower of the wall of Leo IV., now used as an observatory. From a photograph 134 25. The Forum flooded by the Tiber, 1898. From a photograph . 140 of to 26. The Ponte Salario, two miles north Rome ; blown up prevent the advance of Garibaldi in 1867. From a photo- graph ........... 149 27. View of the Caelian hill, looking southeast. From a photograph 163 28. View of the Forum in 1821, partly excavated, showing the difference between the ancient and the modern level. From an engraving ......... 167 29. The obelisk of the gardens of Sallust as it lay after it had fallen. From a sketch by Fontana 171 30. The lower end of the obelisk of the Campus Martius. From a sketch by Bandini 172 31. A typical Roman house of the twelfth century, built with odd fragments. From a photograph . .179 32. The pulpit in the cathedral of S. Matte"o at Salerno, built with marbles from Rome. From a photograph . .185 33. Fragments of cornice from the temple of Vulcan at Ostia. From a photograph ........ 195 34. House and tower of the Margani. From a photograph . 200 35. A lane of Mediaeval Rome Via della Lungarina, demolished in 1877. From a photograph 202 36. The Porta del Popolo of the time of Sixtus IV. From a sketch by M. Heemskerk (1536) 209 37. Reliefs from the tomb of Calpurnianus, the charioteer. From a photograph 210 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS xi FIG FEE PACK 38. The hill of S. Onofrio, where Charles of Bourbon established his headquarters. From a photograph . .215 39. One of the Sale Borgia that of the "Vita della Madonna" in the Vatican. From a photograph .... 223 40. Bae-reliefs from the arch of Marcus Aurelius, now in the Con- servatori Palace. From a photograph .... 229 41. The statues of Castor and Pollux on the Capitoline hill, restored in 1584. From a photograph ...... 233 42. View of the Lateran buildings before their destruction by Sixtus V. From a sketch by Ciampini .... 243 43. The Loggia of Pietro Squarcialupi, Palazzo del Senatore. From an old print 248 44. The Ponte Rotto, half carried away by the inundation of 1557. From a photograph ........ 249 45. The Cesi chapel in the church of S. 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