VIA See also:

• VIA PRAENESTINA

PRAENESTINA  , an See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient road of See also:

• ITALY
• ITALY (Italia)

Italy, leading from See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome E. by S. to See also:

• PRAENESTE (mod. Palestrina)

Praeneste, a distance of 23 m., See also:

• GABII

Gabii being situated almost exactly See also:

• HALF

half-way . At the ninth mile the road crosses a See also:

• RAVINE

ravine by the well-preserved and lofty See also:

• PONTE (Ital. for " bridge ")

Ponte di Nona, with seven See also:

• ARCHES, COURT OF

arches, the finest ancient See also:

• BRIDGE

bridge in the neighbourhood of Rome . The See also:

• LINE

line of the road is, considering the - difficulty of the See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country beyond Gabii, very straight . In the stretch beyond Gabii it is only used as a track, and well preserved . Half-way between Gabii and Praeneste is the well-preserved single-arched bridge, known as Ponte Amato . See T . See also:

• ASHBY, TURNER (1824-1862)

Ashby in Papers of the See also:

• BRITISH

British School at Rome, i . 149 sqq . (T .