"Castelli Romani".; An account of certain towns and villages in Latium - Softcover

Fonseca, Edoardo De

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1151469009 ISBN 13: 9781151469007

Verlag: General Books LLC, 2012

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1904 Excerpt: ... TIVOLI. It is not our purpose to give a full historical and archaeological account of Tivoli and its neighbourhood, the object of this appendix being merely to add, by way of supplement to our description of the "Castelli," such brief notices of the principal points of interest as we think will prove acceptable to our readers. This ancient city stands in a pleasant and highly poetical situation on the slope of one of the lesser summits of the Tiburtine range, to which it owed its once familiar appellation of Tibur supinum. Skirted by the river Aniene which follows a westerly course, and protected on its north side by the overhanging line of hills, the abundance of its waters, and the loveliness of its exhuberant vegetation, have ever rendered it a favourite theme of admiration to poets of all ages. Its origin dates from prehistoric times, Dionysius of Halicarnussus ascribing it to the Siculi, by whom it was named Suction, while various Latin writers such as Virgil, Horace, and Ovid, believed it to have been founded by the Greeks, five centuries prior to the foundation of Rome. Both these opinions are accepted by Caius Julius Solinus, who states that the place was conquered from the Sicani by Tiburtius, Catillus, and Cora, sons of Catillus of Argos, who came from Arcadia with Evander in search of fresh adventures, its name being changed to Tibur, from that of the eldest of the three brothers. No historical mention of Tibur occurs prior to. the fourth century of Rome, but if we are to believe the account given byVirgil in the VII Book of the.4£nead, the town rose quickly to such power and prosperity, as to be enabled to render assistance to Turnus in his war against neas. Its intercourse with Rome f was not always of a friendly nature. In 394 the consuls...

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• Verlag: General Books LLC
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1151469009
• ISBN 13: 9781151469007
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 44