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Zacharias set forth along the Flaminian Way; at Aquila perhaps near Rimini the exarch met him, and he entered Ravenna in triumph, the whole city coming out to meet him. In spite of the opposition of Liutprand he made his way to Pavia, and was successful in persuading him to give up his attempt to take the once impregnable city and to restore much he had captured.
That same day the French king entered Rome by the Flaminian Gate, and rode in triumphal procession along the Corso with Cardinals Giuliano delle Rovere and Ascanio Sforza at his side, both of them, remarks Commines, great enemies of the Pope, and still greater enemies of one another.
In the walls of Rome, which Belisarius constructed or restored, the materials of ancient architecture may be discerned; and the whole fortification was completed, except in a chasm still extant between the Pincian and Flaminian gates, which the prejudices of the Goths and Romans left under the effectual guard of St. Peter the apostle.
In 592, for instance, the pope, seeing Naples the capital of the little isolated duchy upon his southern flank very hard pressed, proposed at all costs to relieve it; but the exarch Romanus, perhaps seeing further, was not to be moved to the assistance of the peasants of Campania from the all-important business of the defence of central Italy and the Flaminian Way, the line of communication between Ravenna and Rome.
After some days of rest, abundant food and leisurely hot-baths in the freedman's house, I left Nuceria under convoy of three genial road- constables and journeyed deliberately northward along the Flaminian Highway to the Imperial estate which was to be my abode. I am not going to locate it precisely nor to name the villages nearest it nor the neighboring towns.
His masterpiece is said to have been a group representing Achilles conducted to the island of Leuce by the divinities of the sea, which ornamented the shrine of Domitius in the Flaminian Circus. In this, tender grace, heroic grandeur, daring power, and luxurious fulness of life were combined with wonderful harmony.
The most distinguished persons of the equestrian order, bare-footed, and with their tunics loose, gathered up his relics , and deposited them in the mausoleum, which had been built in his sixth consulship between the Flaminian Way and the bank of the Tiber ; at which time likewise he gave the groves and walks about it for the use of the people.
Tower of Capitol best Site for studying Topography of Rome Resemblance in the Sites of great Cities Site of Rome Campagna di Roma Its Extent and Boundaries Ancient Fertility and Magnificence Modern Desolation of Campagna Approach to Rome from the North Etruria Solitariness of this once famous Highway First Sight of Rome The Flaminian Way The Porta del Popolo The Piazza del Popolo Its Antiquities Pincian Hill General Plan of Rome The Corso The Via Ripetta The Via Babuina Population Disproportionate Numbers of Priests Variety of Ecclesiastical Costumes Dresses of the various Orders Their indescribably Filthy Appearance The ordinary Priest The Priest's Face The Beggars Want of Arrangement in its Edifices Rome an unrivalled Combination of Grandeur and Dirt.
The steamer stopped and the crew on this occasion took to the boats with a perfect discipline we were little accustomed to witness; the "Flaminian" was sent to the bottom of the sea with one of our last torpedoes. The following morning, before bidding the west coast of England a temporary farewell, we made another good catch.
Nevertheless, it reminded me of the military processions of various kinds which so often, two thousand years ago and more, entered Rome over the Flaminian Way, and over all the roads that led to the famous city, triumphs oftenest, but sometimes the downcast train of a defeated army, like those who retreated before Hannibal.
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