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 368
orms one of the city gates, under the name of the PortaMaggiore. In each of tlie tlu-ee piers supporting the attics with the channelsconcealed in the interior is a small gateway, over which a window,with a gable roof resting on rustic pillars, is introduced. By thisarrangement, not only is a saving… … construction arches thus acquired impart a greater degree of stabilityto the structure. The tirst inscrij^tion un the aqueduct uf Claudius mentions thestreams conveyed into the city by the emperor ujion these arches.From it we learn that the water in the channel which bore his namewas taken from…
