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Porta Maggiore (Rome) (2 Subjects)

Remains of Aqua Claudia aqueduct near Porta Maggiore (on the right), Rome.

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View of Porta Maggiore, Rome, with plan of the junction of Aqua Claudia and Anio Novo aqueducts. The inscription reads: TI. CLAUDIUS DRUSI F. CAISAR AUGUSTUS GERMANICUS PONTIF. MAXIM., TRIBUNICIA POTESTATE XII, COS. V, IMPERATOR XXVII, PATER PATRIAE, AQUAS CLAUDIAM EX FONTIBUS, QUI VOCABANTUR CAERULEUS ET CURTIUS A MILLIARIO XXXXV, ITEM ANIENEM NOVAM A MILLIARIO LXII SUA IMPENSA IN URBEM PERDUCENDAS CURAVIT...

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