Rambles in Rome : an archæological and historical guide to the museums, galleries, villas, churches, and antiquities of Rome and the Campagna (1887)
Forbes, S. Russell · London ; New York : T.Nelson · leaf 104
ldings and a fovmtain havebeen uncovered in the course of excavating, also some architecturalfragments. The whole length of the Via Sacra has been nowuncovered as far as the steps leading up to S. Bonaventura, THE HOUSE OF JULIUS C^SAR. The recent excavations along the line of the Via Sacra brought… … 62 RAMBLE I. the street. This part of Rome was desti-oyed by tire iu the reign ofCommodus, and again under Maxentius (Dion Cassius, Herodian,Galen, Capitolinus). In this rebuilding they did not clear awaythe remains of the older houses, but built on and over them—a notunusual custom in Rome. Let us…
