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 38
ken to itspresent site. The Roman j^edestai with inscription is in the Churchof S. Lorenzo in Lucina. The obelisk was repaired, and its pre-sent pedestal formed of fragments of the Antonine Column, whichstood near by. The obelisk was brought to Rome by Augustus atthe same time as the one m the… … COLUMN OF MARCUS AURELIUS, 8 RAMBLE I, of marking the shadows projected by the snn, and so measuring thelength of the days and nights. With this object, a stone pavementwas laid, the extreme length of which corresponded exactly with thelength of the shadow thrown by the obelisk at the sixth hour on…
