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 365
gly they were filled with the finest statuary, palaces, temples,theatres, circuses, and academies. Some of the finest antique statueswere found here under the popes. All this sumptuousness wasdestroyed in the sixth century by the Goths. Extensive ruins stillexist. It is thus described by Pope Pius… … RAMBLES IN THE CAMPAONA. 323 peristyles and sublime iDorticoes may yet be gazed at with admiration.There are still the remains of the piscinas and baths, where a canalderived from the Anio once cooled the summer heats. Age deforms all things: the ivy now drapes those walls oncecovered with painted…
