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See also:AUGUSTA PRAETORIA SALASSORUM (mod. See also:Aosta, q.v.) , an See also:ancient See also:town of See also:Italy in the See also:district of the Salassi, founded by See also:Augustus about 24 B.C. on the site of the See also:camp of See also:Varro See also:Murena, who subdued this tribe in 25 B.C., and settled with 3000 See also:praetorians. See also:Pliny calls it the last town of Italy on the See also:north-See also:west, and its position at the confluence of two See also:rivers, at the end of the See also:Great and Little St See also:Bernard, gave it considerable military importance, which is vouched for by considerable remains of See also:Roman buildings. The ancient town walls, enclosing a rectangle 793 by 624 yds., are still preserved almost in their entire extent. The walls are 21 ft. high. They are built of See also:concrete faced with small blocks of See also:- STONE
- STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
- STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
- STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
- STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
- STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
- STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
- STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
- STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)
stone, and at the bottom are nearly 9 ft. thick, and at the See also:top 6 ft. There are towers at the angles of the See also:enceinte, and others at intervals, and two at each of the four See also:gates, making a See also:total of twenty towers altogether. They are roughly 32 ft. square, and project 14 ft. from the See also:wall. The Torre del See also:Pailleron on the See also:south and the Torre del Leproso in the west are especially well preserved. The See also:east and south gates exist (the latter, a See also:double See also:gate with three See also:arches flanked by two towers, is the Porta Praetoria, and is especially See also:fine), while the rectangular arrangement of the streets perpetuates the Roman See also:plan, dividing the town into 16 blocks (insulae). The See also:main road, 32 ft. wide, divides the See also:city into two equal halves, See also:running from east to west, an arrangement which makes it clear that the guarding of the road was the main raison d'etre of the city. Some arcades of the See also:amphitheatre (the diameters of which are 282 ft. and 239 ft.), and the south wall of the See also:theatre are also preserved, the latter to a height of over 70 ft., and a See also:market-See also:place some 300 ft. square, surrounded by See also:store-houses on three sides with a See also:temple in the centre, and two on the open (south) See also:side, and the thermae, have been discovered. Outside the town is a handsome triumphal See also:arch in See also:honour of Augustus. About 5 M. to the west is a single-arched Roman See also:bridge, the Pondel, which has a closed passage lighted by windows for See also:foot passengers in See also:winter, and above it an open footpath, both being about 32 ft. in width. There are considerable remains of the ancient road from Eporedia (mod. See also:Ivrea) to Augusta Praetoria, up the See also:Valle d' Aosta, which the See also:modern railway follows, notably the See also:Pont St See also:- MARTIN (Martinus)
- MARTIN, BON LOUIS HENRI (1810-1883)
- MARTIN, CLAUD (1735-1800)
- MARTIN, FRANCOIS XAVIER (1762-1846)
- MARTIN, HOMER DODGE (1836-1897)
- MARTIN, JOHN (1789-1854)
- MARTIN, LUTHER (1748-1826)
- MARTIN, SIR THEODORE (1816-1909)
- MARTIN, SIR WILLIAM FANSHAWE (1801–1895)
- MARTIN, ST (c. 316-400)
- MARTIN, WILLIAM (1767-1810)
Martin, with a single arch with a span of 116 ft. and a roadway 15 ft. wide, the cutting of Donnaz, and the Roman See also:bridges of See also:Chatillon (Pont St See also:Vincent) and Aosta (Pont de See also:Pierre), &c.
See C. Promis, Le antichita di Aosta (See also:Turin, 1862) ; E. See also:Berard in Atti See also:delta Societ¢ di Archeologia di Torino, iii. 119 seq. ; Notizie degli Scavi, passim; A. d'Andrade, Relazione dell' Ufficio Regionale per la conservazione dei Monumenti del Piemonte e della See also:Liguria (Turin, 1899), 46 seq. (T.
End of Article: AUGUSTA PRAETORIA SALASSORUM (mod. Aosta, q.v.)
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