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		The earliest bridge was a wooden drawbridge called the Pons Sublicius from the piles (sublicae) on which it was built.
		The Pons Sublicius had a sacred character, and was always restored in wood, even in the imperial period.° Its exact site is doubtful, but it must be placed, some distance below the Ponte Rotto.
		The Pons Fabricius united the city and the island (Insula Tiberina).' The bridge derived its name from L. Fabricius, a curator viarum in 62 B:c; its inscription, twice repeated, is L.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /correction/edit?locale=en&content_id=42884 (5725 words)

	Roman Bridges -- Pons Sublicius: Wait a minute
		The bridge was called the Pons Sublicius because, according to ancient sources, "sublices" meant wood in one of the local dialects -- "pons" is Latin for bridge.
		In numerous reconstructions, rebuildings, and replacements, it was finally built in stone, and eventually the Pons Aemilius slightly to the north replaced it.
		The last iteration of the Pons Aemilius collapsed in 1598 and has since been called the Ponte Rotto (rotten bridge.) The remains of the Ponte Rotto are just north of the post-Unification (1886) cast-iron Palatine Bridge, which is the current replacement of the Pons Sublicius.
	www.mmdtkw.org /VBridgesSublicius.html (814 words)

	Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, page 937 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Of these the most celebrated, as well as the most ancient, was the pons sublicius, so called because it was built of wood; sublices, in the language of the Formiani, meaning wooden beams.
		pons palatinus formed the communication between the Palatine and its vicinities and the Janiculum, and stood at the spot now occupied by the " ponte Rotto." It is thought that the words of Livy (xl.
		pons fabrjcius and pons cestius were the two which connected the Insula Tiberina with the opposite sides of the river ; the first with the city, and the latter with the Janiculum.
	www.ancientlibrary.com /smith-dgra/0944.html (900 words)

	Josh (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Pons Fabricius, one of eight ancient bridges known to have spanned the Tiber river, embodies the typical principles of Roman bridge construction.
		The steps used to construct the Pons Fabricius were survey and design, cutting of the stones used in the arch, construction of the abutments, building of the foundations and pier for the intermediate support, fabrication of the arches, and finally, completion of decorative elements.
		For the Pons Fabricius, this meant one central pier placed in the middle of the Tiber river, and two abutments situated on the rivers banks.
	www.unc.edu /courses/rometech/public/content/transport/Josh_Hargraves/josh2.htm (2450 words)

	Pons Sublicius - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The earliest known bridge of ancient Rome, Italy, the Pons Sublicius, spanned the Tiber River near the Forum Boarium ("cattle forum") downstream from the Tiber island, near the foot of the Aventine Hill.
		The Pons Sublicius is also the bridge over which Gaius Gracchus directed his flight when he was overtaken by his opponents (Plutarch, Life of Gaius Gracchus).
		A road appears there, formerly thought to cross the Pons Aemilius, but shown on the forma crossing another bridge, the last remains of which were removed in the late nineteenth century.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pons_Sublicius (1278 words)

	R. Taylor, Tiber River Bridges
		Livy claims that the Pons Sublicius, downstream from the island and spanning the full width of the river, was the first bridge built between Rome and the west bank of the Tiber.(17) It may have been built to replace the ferry crossing, and in roughly the same area.
		We hear nothing of the Pons Cestius until its restoration by the emperor Antoninus Pius in 152 AD.(45) This project is apparently commemorated on a contemporary coin, which depicts a two-arched bridge to the island and the legendary landing of the snake of Aesculapius in 293 BC.
		The Pons Fabricius was restored in the name of the consuls of 23 BC (Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum 6.1305), not of the emperor; only after assuming the title of Pontifex Maximus in 12 BC did Augustus restore a bridge in his own name (the Pons Aemilius), a practice followed by later emperors.
	www.iath.virginia.edu /waters/taylor_bridges.html (8955 words)

	Pons Sublicius (Roman Bridge between Regiones XIV and XI) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		I. Of the the most celebrated eight Roman city bridges, as well as the most ancient, was the Pons Sublicius, so called because it was built of wood; sublices, in the language of the Formiani, meaning wooden beams (Festus, s.v.
		In later ages it was also called pons Aemilius, probably from the name of the person by whom it was rebuilt; but who this Aemilius was is uncertain.
		8) as the pons Sublicius; which passage is alone sufficient to refute the assertion of some writers that it was built of stone at the period when the name of Aemilius was given to it (Nardini, Rom.
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	Gianicolo G13 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The name of Mons Janiculus is derived from the name of the king of Latium, Janus, who, according to legend, founded a city on the hill.
		Numa Pompilius, the Sabine successor of Romulus, was buried on the Janiculum, and Ancus Marcius, the 4th king of Rome, is said to have built the Pons Sublicius over the Tiber to connect the Janiculum with the city of Rome.
		Part of it was included within the Aurelian Wall, and it was completely surrounded by Urban VIII when he built his wall in 1642.
	www.italycyberguide.com /Geography/cities/rome2000/G13.htm (245 words)

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		To punish and shackle these gods, the water was given 300 lashes and a pair of manacles was thrown into the strait.
		History records that during the religious ceremonies marking construction by the Romans of the Pons Sublicius over the Tiber in 621 B.C., human beings were thrown into the water as sacrifices to the gods.
		Around A.D. 700, the practice in the Scandinavian countries was for all the neighbors to aid in the construction work up to and including the installation of a building’s ridgepole.
	www.smccd.net /facilities/maintoperation/FAQToppingOut.htm (557 words)

	Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, page 940 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		73.) This statement is, however, contradicted by the tradition which ascribes the building of the pons sublicius to Ancus Martins (Liv.
		But it seems far more probable that the word is formed from pons and facere (in the signification of the Greek f>G^€Lv, to perform a sacrifice), and that consequently it signifies the priests who offered sacrifices upon the bridge.
		The ancient sacrifice to which the name thus alludes, is that of the Argeans on the sacred or sublician bridge, which is described by Dionysius (i.
	www.ancientlibrary.com /smith-dgra/0947.html (959 words)

	Frazer, Sir James George. 1922. The Golden Bough
		Amongst the Jews no iron tool was used in building the Temple at Jerusalem or in making an altar.
		The old wooden bridge (Pons Sublicius) at Rome, which was considered sacred, was made and had to be kept in repair without the use of iron or bronze.
		It was expressly provided by law that the temple of Jupiter Liber at Furfo might be repaired with iron tools.
	www.bartleby.com /196/pages/page225.html (424 words)

	Ancus Marcius - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		He conquered the Latins, and a number of them he settled on the Aventine Hill formed the origin of the Plebeians.
		He fortified the Janiculum, threw a wooden bridge across the Tiber, the pons sublicius, founded the port of Ostia, established salt-works and built a prison which was founded in 625 B.C. and was used to hold people until they decided what to do with them.
		Before this time, a popular punishment was to exile people.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ancus_Marcius (239 words)

	Gods And Goddesses Of Ancient Greece : God Goddess
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	www.goddess.ws /articles/gods-and-goddesses-of-ancient-greece?god-goddess (1287 words)

	Ponte Fabricio, Ponte Sublicio e Ponte Rotto
		In the Middle Ages, it was named the Pons Judeorum, the Bridge of the Jews, while their Synagogue was known as the Scola Quattro Capi after the bridge's famous statues.
		It was here that King Ancus Martius had the first bridge built in Rome, the Pons Sublicius, a bridge made entirely of wood like all the bridges built before the 2nd century BC.
		By no coincidence, this was the location of the bridge on which Horatius single handedly held off the Etruscan army that was trying to enter the city to reinstall the hated King Tarquin the Proud.
	www.romaviva.com /Trastevere/ponte_fabricio_sublicio_rotto_eng.htm (335 words)

	Rome Unleashed - Origins of Rome
		The Forum valley was then converted into a public square with a gravel paved surface.
		Pons Sublicius a wooden bridge was thrown across the River Tiber, as well as an Etruscan-style temple to Jupiter Capitolinus build on the Capitol.
		There may also have benn an agger, or city wall, with a defensive ditch beyond it.
	www.classicsunveiled.com /romeh/html/originsrome.html (300 words)

	bridge
		This type is often referred to as the Danube bridge in reference to the famous bridge Trajan erected in crossing the Danube during the Dacian war period.
		Since the depiction doesn't match the description by Cassius Dio or the Column representation, It is more likely however that the bridge represented is the Pons Sublicius.
		This reverse consists of a single span bridge with a varying number of vertical bars(between6-10) on the arch.
	msersch.ancients.info /bridge.htm (159 words)

	Ancient Times - Quaesitum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		"Of these the most celebrated, as well as the most ancient, was the PONS SUBLICIUS, so called because it was built of wood; sublices, in the language of the Formiani, meaning wooden beams (Festus, s.v.
		About the etymology of the title...Varro wrote that it came from pons, because the pontiffs, he says, "had built the pons Sublicius, and afterwards frequently restored it that it might be possible to perform sacrifices on both sides of the Tiber".
		Others disagree but I'd like to think that the earliest leaders to posts of high responsibility in any society are chosen from among the "brightest" and most capable, including those smart enough to have engineering skills perhaps.
	ancienttimes.net /cgi-ancienttimes/ikonboard/topic.cgi?forum=33&topic=3 (1255 words)

	Ancient Rome Pictures: Tiber River, Island, Bridges
		Many of the Ancient Roman bridges were partially modified or destroyed during construction of the present river embankments in the 1880's and 90's, but some portions still remain.
		Pons Fabricius connects the island and the left (East) bank and Pons Cestius connects the island and the right (West) bank.
		Click here for an Interactive Map of Ancient Rome, with a drop-down menu that allows you to see the location of numerous sites, including eight of the ancient bridges.
	catholic-resources.org /AncientRome/Tiber.htm (1380 words)

	Roman Emperors - DIR Anastasius
		Antoninus completed the Mausoleum of Hadrian along the Tiber and built the temples of the Divine Hadrian in the Campus Martius and of Faustina in the Forum.
		[[22]] He also restored the oldest bridge in Rome, the Pons Sublicius, the Graecostadium, and the Colosseum.
		He may even have put some finishing touches on the Pantheon because Julius Capitolinus mentions restoration of a templum Agrippae, but the text may be corrupt and the temple of the Divine Augustus, the restoration of which is recorded on some of Antoninus' coins, may be the intended reference here.
	www.roman-emperors.org /tonypis.htm (2325 words)

	Diotima
		Greek ladders: Servius, Commentary on Vergil's Aeneid, 4.646 repeats the prohibition against climbing non-Greek ladders, and adds that Greek ladders "are made so that they are closed on every side by the fastening of the planks, so that they do not permit any part of the body to be seen."
		Argei: A two-stage festival celebrated in Rome in May. On the 14th, the Argei (puppets made of straw) were thrown into the Tiber from the Pons Sublicius; on the 16th and 17th, there was a procession to the 27 shrines of the Argei throughout the city.
		The Perpetual Edict: Roman praetors had formerly issued edicts during their year in office which became part of civil law.
	www.stoa.org /diotima/anthology/aulgell_10.15.shtml (1109 words)

	Outlines of Roman History, Chapter 2
		But, threatened by the Latins, he conquered many of their cities, brought their inhabitants to Rome, and settled them upon the Aventine hill.
		He fortified the hill Janiculum, on the other side of the Tiber, to protect Rome from the Etruscans, and built across the river a wooden bridge (the Pons Sublicius).
		He also conquered the lands between Rome and the sea and built the port of Ostia at the mouth of the Tiber.
	www.forumromanum.org /history/morey02.html (2048 words)

	Ancient Rome From the Earliest Times Down to 476 A.D By Robert F. Pennel (1890)- Chapter 4 from Nalanda Digital Library ...
		The Janiculum was on the other side of the Tiber, and was held by the early Romans as a stronghold against the Etruscans.
		It was connected with Rome by a wooden bridge (Pons Sublicius).] rising to a considerable height, around one of which, the PALATINE, first settled a tribe of Latins called RAMNES,--a name gradually changed to ROMANS.
		When this settlement was formed is not known.
	www.nalanda.nitc.ac.in /resources/english/etext-project/history/ancrome/chapter4.html (775 words)

	Servian Wall (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		One can trace the wall from the Pons Sublicius at the Tiber, along the Capitoline Hill, then north to the Quirinal and Viminal Hills, and south to the Esquiline Hill.
		It was here that one found the Porta Capena.
		The wall continued around the Aventine connecting again with the Pons Sublicius.
	www.vroma.org /~jjahnige/servianwall.html (97 words)

	Ancient Rome From the Earliest Times Down to 476 A.D By Robert F. Pennel (1890)- Chapter 6 from Nalanda Digital Library ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		This sewer was so well built that it is still used.
		Under the second king of this dynasty, Servius Tullius, the city was surrounded with a wall, which included the Palatine, Quirínal, Coelian, and Aventine hills, and also the Janiculum, which was on the opposite side of the river, and connected with the city by a bridge (pons sublicius).
		The establishment of the new military organization, mentioned in the previous chapter, was attributed also to this king.
	www.nalanda.nitc.ac.in /resources/english/etext-project/history/ancrome/chapter6.html (396 words)

	Bryn Mawr Classical Review 98.3.07
		When one thinks about it, what an odd assortment these make.
		If it were the setting that the patron wanted celebrated, why do we not have Horatius's heroic defense of the Pons Sublicius, or the arrival of Tarquinius Priscus on the ridge that overlooked his future kingdom with the omen of the eagle, or even the return of Marius to Rome?
		These would have lent themselves to at least equally dramatic pictorial depiction, and one can think of others of Christian importance, such as the story of St. Pancratius.
	ccat.sas.upenn.edu /bmcr/1998/98.3.07.html (1629 words)

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		The reverse depicts a single-span bridge with tower at each end and boat beneath.
		Although commonly thought to be the "Danube Bridge", considered the principal engineering feat of the Dacian Wars; a more probable suggestion is that the bridge shown is the ancient Pons Sublicius.
		The coin is evenly worn with scattered fl patina.
	www.wildwinds.com /coins/ric/trajan/RIC_0569,As.txt (678 words)

	monuments.shtml.en
		The Late Republic and the beginnings of civil war: Monuments associated with Sulla, Catulus, and Pompey
		Thursday, December 11: second draft of term paper due at 12 PM in the professor's office
		Claridge 369-373 (Mausoleum of Hadrian and Pons Aelius), 199-200 (Temple of the Divine Hadrian), 170-172 200-206 (Pantheon), 170-172 (Temple of Antoninus and Faustina),
	shot.holycross.edu /courses/Rome/topics (1186 words)

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