Eastern Part of the Mons Oppius in Rome (The).

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Eugenio La Rocca, Prefazione

Acknowledgements and Introduction

Abbreviations

IllustrationS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Methodological approach

I. The potential of texts (ancient testimonia and excavation reports) and of archaeological finds - applied to the sanctuary Isis et Serapis in Regio III

II. The potential of maps - applied to the ones published here

A. T O P O G R A P H Y A N D E X C A V A T I O N S

I. A Topographical Survey

I.1.The `Porticus with Piscina/ the sanctuary Isis et Serapis in the Augustan Regio III
I.2. The supposed round temple of Serapis, two nymphaea and the fons Muscosus
I.3. The forgotten ancient building in Vigna Reinach
I.4. The nymphaeum at Piazza Iside and the substructure on Via Pasquale Villari/ `Terme di Filippo
I.5. The Isium Metellinum, the `Egyptian temple, found in 1653 and the sanctuary Isis et Serapis
I.6. The substructure on Via Pasquale Villari: Isis Patricia or Horti of Maecenas?
I.7. The forum and domus of Petronius Maximus
I.8. The lucus of the Querquetulanae Virae and Maecenas, the Porta Querquetulana in the Servian city wall and the nymphaeum at Piazza Iside
I.9. The Servian city wall and the temple of `Minerva Medica/ Fortuna Virgo
- The location of the temple of `Minerva Medica/ Fortuna Virgo
- The former Capuchin monastery, Via Sette Sale no. 8, located on the former old Via Curva
- The date of the shrine on the old Via Curva/ Carlo Botta (`Minerva Medica/ Fortuna Virgo), the sanctuary of Minerva Medica Cabardiacense at Caverzago near Travo (Piacenza), Cicero (Div. 2,123), Maecenas and the date of the temple of Minerva Medica
- The round temple (?) of `Minerva Medica on Via Carlo Botta, dating to the imperial period
- The identification of the shrine on Via Curva/ Carlo Botta with the temple of Fortuna Virgo
I.10. The area of the sanctuaries discussed here, the Horti of Maecenas and the Domus Aurea

II. Further results

II.1. The location of the sanctuary Isis et Serapis in Regio III and its topographical context
II.2. The drawings made for Cassiano Dal Pozzo in the sanctuary Isis et Serapis in Regio III
II.3. The survival of the cults at the temple of `Minerva Medica/ Fortuna Virgo
II.4. The statue of a River-god and the temple of Minerva Medica built by Maecenas
II.5. The sacred groves of the Mons Oppius and the Isium Metellinum
II.6. The goddesses venerated in and around the sanctuary Isis et Serapis in Regio III

III. Further hypotheses, which cannot be proved so far

Statues originally dedicated in the sanctuary Isis et Serapis in Regio III:
III.1. The `Esquiline Venus and the bust of Commodus as Hercules Romanus
III.2. The `Esquiline Group in Copenhagen
- Introductory remarks
- The building site of the future Via Buonarroti/ A. Poliziano - finds and people involved
- The `Esquiline Group and the former property of Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Bradhurst Field on the Oppian
- The will of Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Bradhurst Field (October 2nd, 1896)
Summary of part III

Final remarks: seven major results of this study

Appendices to A. Topography and Excavations

Appendix I -The reconstruction of the Servian city wall on the Oppian and Caelian
- The most recent findings
- Why Esq. a and Esq. b are different, and the reasons for my location of Esq. a
- Esq. a: the point where Sflund's and Colini's reconstructions of the Servian wall meet
- The Servian wall between Via Ruggero Bonghi and the Arcus Dolabellae et Silani
- The Servian wall between the Arcus Dolabellae et Silani and the Porta Capena

Appendix II - An unpublished report by Angelo Pellegrini, the puticuli and the vina Maecenatiana
- An unpublished report by Angelo Pellegrini (November 12th, 1873)
- The puticuli, the paupers' graveyard and the size and location of the Horti of Maecenas
- Pellegrini's hydraulic installations and the vina Maecenatiana (Pliny, Nat. Hist. 14,67)

Appendix III -The substructures on Via Pasquale Villari/ `Terme d Filippo and between Via Mecenate and Via Guicciardini, and the Porta Querquetulana in the Servian city wall

Appendix IV -A report on the substructure on Via Pasquale Villari (prior to Nolli's Rome map 1748)

Appendix V -The Horti of Maecenas, the Fagutal, the procession of the Argei, and the figlinae
- The boundary of the Horti of Maecenas to the west
- The valley underneath the Baths of Trajan and the old Vicus Iovis Fagutalis
- The location of the Fagutal
- The location of the figlinae and the heroon of king Servius Tullius
- The Servian city wall and settlements pre-dating the (main) domus in the Horti of Maecenas
- The procession of the Argei on the Oppian and the domus of king Tarquinius Superbus

Appendix VI -Letters by Leonardo Agostini, referring to his `excavations in this area (1652-1655)

Appendix VII -The finds recorded by Pirro Ligorio (1513/14-1583) in this area

Appendix VIII -The Arcus ad Isis and the cults to which it refers
- The three divinities in the passageways of the Arcus ad Isis

Appendix IX -Flaminio Vacca's memorie 24 and 25 (written 1594)

Appendix X -Further remarks on the Horti Maecenatiani
- Did Maecenas own an `old estate at this site before he built his novi horti?
- The family of Maecenas - the owners of the figlinae (or of the area of the figlinae)?
- The statue of Meleager, the ancient Via Merulana and Maecenas's "ceramico"


B. D I S C U S S I O N O F S E L E C T E D A R C H A E O L O G I C A L F I N D S

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