[PDF] The Crown Atlas Of Classical Geography Constructed And Engr By E Weller With Descriptive Letterpress By L Schmitz eBook

Author : Leonhard Schmitz
Publisher : Palala Press
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 16,34 MB
Release : 2016-05-07
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ISBN : 9781355753995

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Edward Weller
Publisher : Rarebooksclub.com
Page : 38 pages
File Size : 30,31 MB
Release : 2013-09
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ISBN : 9781230158457

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1873 edition. Excerpt: ...to works on the topography of Rome. We will only add, that the principal highroads of Italy all issued from Rome, and that Rome was amply provided with excellent water by means of aqueducts, some of which are still in use. Among the other towns of Latium the following deserve to be noticed: --Ostia, on the left bank of the left arm of the Tiber, the port-town of Rome, is said to have been founded by Ancus Marcius. Owing to the deposits of the Tiber, its harbour, in the course of time, became useless, and a new one was built at the point where the Tiber divides, and was called Portus Augusti. Ostia was then allowed to fall into decay; Tibur, on the south bank of the river Anio, in a delightful district, with a splendid cascade in its neighbourhood. Owing to the beauty and salubrity of the country, numerous villas were built in its neighbourhood, the grandest of which was that of the emperor Hadrian; Tusculum, southeast of Rome, on a hill connected with Mons Albanus, was, and still is, a favourite resort of the Romans during the hot season of the year. Cicero had a villa in the neighbourhood; Alba Longa, one of the most ancient towns of Latium, at the foot of Mons Albanus, is described in the legends as the mother city of Rome; Laurentum, south-west of Rome, seems to have been an important place during the period of the Roman kings; Antium, an ancient coast town, famous for its maritime power and piratical practices; it had to surrender to the Romans in B.C. 338, and to give up its ships, with the beaks of which the Romans adorned the platform of the Forum, from which orators addressed the people. Near the town, which gradually rose again to great power, many Romans had their maritime villas; Ardea, not far from the sea, the ancient capital..

Author : Edward Weller
Publisher : Palala Press
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 42,44 MB
Release : 2016-05-17
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ISBN : 9781356902736

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.