Rambles in Rome; an archaeological and historical guide to the museums, galleries, villas, churches, and antiquities of Rome and the Campagna (1911)
Forbes, S. Russell · London, New York [etc.] T. Nelson and sons; [etc., etc.] · leaf 365
dingly they were filled with the fineststatuary, palaces, temples, theatres, circuses, and academies. Someof the finest antique statues were found here under the popes.All this sumptuousness was destroyed in the sixth century bythe Goths. Extensive ruins still exist. It is thus described byPope… … RAMBLES IN THE CAMPAGNA. 335 peristyles and sublime porticoes 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…
