Description: A map of ancient Rome showing the important buildings, roads (vias), bridges (pons), aqueducts, tombs, temples, fortifications and walls of the city. The map shows the course of the Tiber River and terrain of the city, including the seven hills within the ancient walls: Quirinalis (Quirinal), Viminalis (Viminal), Esquilinus (Esquiline), Palatinus (Palatine), Cælius (Caelian), Aventinus (Aventine) and the Capitoline Hill. The map shows the fourteen districts or regions of the city: Porta Capena (I), Cælimontium (II), Isis et Serapis (III) Via Sacra (IV), Mons Esquilinus (V), Alta Semita (VI), Via Lata (VII), Forum Romanum (VIII), Circus Flaminius (IX), Palatium (X), Circus Maximus (XI), Piscina Publica (XII), Aventinus (XIII), and Trans Tiberine (XIV). The map also shows the location of the Tarpeian Rock (a).
Place Names: Italy, Rom
ISO Topic Categories: location
Keywords: Ancient Rome, historical,
local jurisdictions,
political, local jurisdictions, location, Unknown, 753 BC to AD 663
Source: Victor Duruy, Edwin A. Grosvenor, & Louis E. Van Norman, Duruy's General History of the World (vol. I) (New York, New York: The Review of Reviews Company, 1912)
Map Credit: Courtesy the private collection of Roy Winkelman |
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