- The Pons
Sublicius is the
earliest known bridge of
ancient Rome,
spanning the
Tiber River near the
Forum Boarium ("cattle forum")
downstream from the...
- in the army of the
early Roman Republic who
famously defended the Pons
Sublicius from the
invading army of
Etruscan King Lars
Porsena of
Clusium in the...
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connecting it with the city by a
wooden bridge across the Tiber, the Pons
Sublicius. To
protect the
bridge from
enemy attacks,
Ancus had the end that was...
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great building projects,
including the city's
first bridge, the Pons
Sublicius. The most
famous is the
Circus Maximus, a
giant stadium for
chariot races...
- bridge-building techniques. The
oldest bridge in
ancient Rome was the Pons
Sublicius. It was
built in the 6th
century BC by
Ancus Marcius over the
Tiber River...
-
latter jumped over the wall,
breaking its
magic spell (see also
under Pons
Sublicius). The name of Rome is
attested in
Etruscan in the form Ruma-χ meaning...
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Trastevere and the rest of the city was a
small wooden bridge called the Pons
Sublicius (English: 'bridge on
wooden piles'). By the time of the
Republic c. 509...
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regulated particularly the
crossing of this
sacred river through the pons
sublicius. The name of the Iāniculum is not
derived by that of the god, but from...
- to Livy's
account of
Horatius Cocles's
heroic defence of Rome's Pons
Sublicius bridge. The
heroes Aragorn, Éomer, and
Gimli hold off the army of Orcs;...
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accompanied by the
Flaminica Dialis in
mourning guise,
moved to the Pons
Sublicius, the
oldest known bridge in Rome,
where the
gathered figures were tossed...
