 Mention of these is frequently made in the Roman writers. Some of them brought water to the capital from more than the distance of sixty miles, through rocks and mountains, and over valleys, supported on arches, in some places above 109 feet high, one...  A Catechism of the History of England ... - Page 53by C. Irving - 1822 - 100 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Alexander Adam - Rome - 1819 - 602 pages
...the distance of sixty miles, through rocks and mountains, and over valleys, Plin. xxxvi. 15. s. 24., supported on arches, in some places above 109 feet high, one row being placed above another. The care of them anciently belonged to the censors and aediles. Afterwards certain officers were appointed... | |
 | 1834 - 404 pages
...aqueducts. ' Some of these brought water to Rome,' says Dr. Adam, ' from a distance of more than sixty miles, through rocks and mountains, and over vallies,...109 feet high, one row being placed above another.' In the vicinity of Rome were many beautiful villas or country seats, the sites of which were chosen... | |
 | Alexander Adam - 1835 - 570 pages
...to Home from more than the distance of sixty miles, through rocks and mountains, and over valleys,5 supported on arches, in some places above 109 feet high, one row being placed ab'ove another. The care of them anciently belonged to the censors and ••ediles. Afterwards certain officers were... | |
 | Alexander Adam - Rome - 1839 - 666 pages
...to Rome from more than the distance of sixty miles, through roclu and mountains, and over valleys,5 supported on arches, in some places above 109 feet high, one row being placed above another. The care of them anciently belonged to the censors and ediles. Afterwards certain officers were appointed... | |
 | Charles Anthon - Classical dictionaries - 1841 - 800 pages
...capital from more than the distance of sixty miles, through rocks and mountains, and over valleys, supported on arches, in some places above 109 feet high, one row being placed above another. The care of them originally belonged to the censors and «ediles. Afterward certain officers were appointed... | |
 | Charles Anthon - Classical dictionaries - 1872 - 1478 pages
...capital from more than the distance of sixty miles, through rocks and mountains, and over valleys, supported on arches, in some places above 109 feet high, one row being placed above another. The care of them originally belonged to the censors and ediles. Afterward certain officers were appointed... | |
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