Frothingham, Arthur L. (Arthur Lincoln), 1859-1923 · New York, Sturgis & Walton Company · leaf 334
pplemented by subsequent growth of popula-tion. Here at Aosta, in the quiet mountainsilences, far from any causes for expansion, thecity stayed as it was first built and before longthe causes that led to its foundation were for-gotten, until the latter days of the Empire whenonce more, after four… … Aosta, Porta Praetoria, and its Court Plate XXXIX ROMAN CITIES 233 general usage, Aosta had but two gates, at eachend of the main thoroughfare, the decumanusmaximus. One of these is the gate now standing,not far from the arch; the other, the Porta Decu-mana (west), still existed until 1808, when it…
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