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Sallustiani. Although within the limits of region VI, these

ens, with the horti Lucullani and horti Aciliorum, formed theern group of parks, just as those on the Esquiline formedouthern. They occupied the northwest slope of the Quirinal,outheast slope of the Pincian as far as the via Salaria vetus,he valley between, extending nearly to the line of theian wall in one direction and to the campus Agrippae in the

r. They were laid out by the historian Sallust, who lavishedthem the great wealth which he had amassed in Numidia,

hey continued in the possession of the family of the Sallustiithe reign of Tiberius. After that time they were a favoriteence of the emperors, especially Nero, Vespasian, anda, and later Aurelian. In 410 A.D. they were sacked by thes under Alaric. It is probable that these gardens were on thee the most magnificent in Rome. Many works of art havefound within the ruins, as well as the obelisk which now

ds in the piazza di S. Trinita dei Monti.

n the gardens were many buildings of various kinds, ofe of which architectural fragments have been found, butlly not such as to admit of identification. Several inscriptionse the existence of a temple ofVenus hortorumustianorum, and an attempt has been made to identify thisle with a round structure near the porta Salaria, the ruins ofh were discovered in the sixteenth century and described bytects of the time. This structure, however, was not a temple,ather a nymphaeum, connected with the elaborate system ofr supply installed in the gardens. The remains of threenae belonging to this system have been found, one on the side of the vicus portae Collinae (via Venti Settembre)site the Treasury, one in the vicolo di S. Niccolo da

ntino, and the third under the casino Aurora in the viavisi; also a number of lead water pipes inscribed with the

es of Nero, Alexander Severus, and Valentinian.

ian constructed a porticus Miliarensis a name which

ld mean a porticus one thousandpassus in length withine gardens, and this is frequently located on the north side oficus portae Collinae, but without convincing evidence. A

Vincenzo Fasolo, "The Campo Marzio of G. B. Piranesi".2691a2691c2691d2691e1956

Visigothic seige

"Thus began the third Visigothic siege, actually blockade, ofRome, an event whose outcome, after some eight centuries inwhich the imperial City had known impunity from foreign foes,created a shock of horror from Bethlehem to Britain. Once againGothic bravery found itself daunted by the walls of Emperor

Aurelian; the treachery that the Romans had feared in thebeginning of 408 now in fact admitted the Goths by the SalarianGate, 24 August 410, but not before the City had once again feltthe bite of famine. Some buildings were burned, notably thePalace of Sallust the historian, which stood in its magnificencegardens near the gate of entry, perhaps the Basilica Aemilia inthe Roman Forum, and the Palace of Saint Melania and Pinianuson the Caelian Hill, then one of the most fashionable quarters ofRome. Palaces and temples were plundered, some persons wereslain or tortured to reveal their presumed hidden wealth; some

virgins and other females were raped, but churches, especiallythe basilicas of Saints Peterand Paul, were spared and madeplaces of refuge."Stewart Irvin Oost, Galla Placidia Augusta: A Biographical Essay(Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1968), pp. 96-7.

Pictorial Dictionarynotes1997.08.23

Obeliscus Hortum Sallustianorum, founit is positioned at a polar opposite positsome kind of mirror game? (because hthe same type ofinversionwith other b

Templum Metidiaand the Circus Flami

life, death, and the triumphal way [in1998.01.11

When the route reaches the wall at theattention turns to Triumphal Arch-Gate,the years of inactivity. Does the Triumpthe wall and go back the way it came?allow us to go in either direction? (Otheabound: obelisk in the Horti Salustiani,

Arches along the Via Lata, the Via Flathe obelisks atAugustus's Tomb. The rpoints to a greater meaning/symbolism

Janus represents the Arch of Janus buimight himself be called the Janus figuris the initiation of the way of Christianitthe sacred; the forest, hell, purgatory, hsalvation through Christ and the Churc

Re: crossology2004.04.01 12:47

Not too long ago, countable days actually, I first learned of Melania the Younger, and how her husband's (enoestate [Horti Valeriani] just outside the walls of Rome at the Salarian Gate, was one of the great properties (alSallust) that were plundered when Alaric and his Visigoths broke into (at the Salarian Gate) and sacked RomVisigoths initially camped for many months outside the walls of Rome (near the Salarian Gate) thereby starvindeliveries of grain from Africa to the city. The Salarian Gate, the Gardens of Sallust, and the Gardens ValeriaPiranesi's Ichnographia Campus Martius right where they are supposed to be. Interesting, right next to this cobuildings/structures, Piranesi also delineates a Porticus Neronianae, a completely fictitious building in the shaa circle (a composition, coincidentally, that follows the circle/square juncture pattern similar to the Timepiecechronosomatics). Within a day of assimilating all this new data, I came to see how the inner circle of the Portithe circle of the compass/north arrow that Piranesi also delineated within the Ichnographia, and I came to seecross of the Porticus Neronianae 45 degrees, its four points then correspond exactly to the four cardinal pointPorticus Neronianae of Piranesi's Ichnographia Campus Martius is the X that marks the spot where the first atcamped. [There are even more 'symbols' to interpret here, like 'shifting winds' and Nero as anti-Christ precurslatter.]

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cus of this length must have run about the gardens in varioustions.

re the destruction of the villa Ludovisi that occupied thisct and the construction of the new Ludovisi quarter, many vestiges of the ancient gardens remained, notably the ruinsbstructures of a great building, perhaps a Hippodromus, builtnst the slope of the Quirinal south of the via Sallustiana.

ng the process of transformation a porticus with travertinemns was found between the via Sallustiana and the viaompagni. At present the only ruins visible are at the end ofia Sallustiana, where the ancient level is far below theern. These ruins are those of a nyinphaeum containing angonal hall with niches and lined with marble, and of ancent large building, probably a place of residence, withments rising to a height of four stories. (Platner)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Ichnographia Campus Martius (1762), detail.

The Horti Valerianiis situated in the upper right corner, directly above the Horti Sallustiani, which occupies ththe plan. Note that theAurelian Wallis delineated via a bowing dotted line, which is visible directly above the'Sallustiani'. The position of the Salarian Gate is indicated along the dotted line, here circled in red.

Campo Marzio discoveries2004.03.18

2. the circle/squarePorticus Neronianae marks the spot of Alaric's Visigoth camp prior to the (primal) break-in45 degree marks of the Porticus Neronianae marks the four cardinal points. Since the compass of the Ichnogrof the Porticus Neronianae in size, perhaps Piranesi is here indicating the spot where the "winds" shifted--theknow how theNolli mapcorresponds with the Campo Marzio area of the Celian Hill/Horti Salustiani.Platnerphistory of the "Domus Valerianus"--nobody bought it in 404 AD; it sold for almost nothing after Alaric 410 AD; become a hospital (which makes sense with regard to Melania's mission.

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