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OLD ROME:

A Handbook to the Ruins of the City and the Campagna.

by

ROBERT BURN, M.A.,
Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge.

Being an Epitome of His Larger Work 'Rome and the Campagna.'







[Illustration]

London: George Bell and Sons, York Street,
Covent Garden.
Cambridge: Deighton, Bell, & Co.
1880.

[The Right of Translation is reserved.]

London:
Printed by William Clowes and Sons,
Stamford Street and Charing Cross.




PREFACE.


This book is intended to serve as a handbook to the actually-existing
ruins and monuments of ancient Rome and the Campagna. It is divided into
topographical sections for the convenience of travellers visiting Rome,
and the monuments which exist in each section have been briefly described,
and a summary given of their history and archaeological value.

The introductory section contains general remarks upon the site,
monumental history, and architecture of Rome; and in a section prefixed to
Chapter IX. the nature of the soil and configuration of the hills and
valleys of the district surrounding the city