Little Work on the Wonders of the New and Old City of Rome (1515) - Page 3

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A Couplet by Cornelius

original: "Cornelii Disticon"

If anyone wishes to see Rome, whether ancient or new,
He views all its walls with Francesco as his guide.
original: "Si priscam quis sine nouam uult cernere Romam / Is duce Francisco moenia cuncta uidet."

In the First Book.

Concerning the walls, the perimeter of the City, and the pomerium.
The pomerium was the sacred boundary of the city of Rome, a religious line that was distinct from the physical city walls.


Concerning the gates of the City.	page original: "char." for "charta," referring to the numbered leaf or page.	vii.
Concerning the streets and squares.	page	ix.
Concerning the bridges of the City.	page	x.
Concerning the mountains and hills.	page	xiii.
Concerning the aqueducts.	page	xvii.
Concerning the public baths. original: "Thermis."	page	xx.
Concerning mock naval battles and sewers. original: "Naumachiis & Cloacis." Naumachiae were massive structures or basins flooded for staged naval combat.	page	xxiii.
Concerning its circuses. Large arenas used for chariot racing.	page	xxiiii.
Concerning theaters and amphitheaters.	page	xxv.
Concerning the treasury and public money.	page	xxvi.
Concerning forums and senate houses. original: "Foris & curiis."	page	xxvii.
Concerning the Campus Martius and other fields.	page	xxix
Concerning the palaces and the site of the Palladium. The Palladium was a sacred image of Athena/Minerva believed to protect the city.	page	xxxi
Concerning private houses and apartment blocks. original: "domibus & insulis." An insula was a high-density urban apartment building.	page	xxxii.
Concerning monumental fountains and granaries. original: "Nympheis & Horreis."	page	xxxiiii.
Concerning the tribes and regions of the City.	page	xxxv.

In the Second Book.


Concerning the priests and magistrates.	page	xlii.
Concerning the temples of the City.	page	44 xlviii.
Concerning the libraries and basilicas.	page	l.