PORTA TIBURTINA.

(_Porta S. Lorenzo._)

This gate was built by Augustus, B.C. 3, over the line of the

Pomœrium, being one of the arches of the Marcian Aqueduct, B.C.

145. The Aquæ Tepula and Julia likewise passed over it. The

inscriptions refer to Augustus, and to repairs by Vespasian,

Caracalla, and Honorius, who added the picturesque brick towers in

402.

_A new road has now been made to the_ CEMETERY, _which is passed by

the tramway to Tivoli. Three quarters of a mile on the road is the_

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