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Author: Clara L. Wells
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1878 edition. Excerpt: ... Chapter Sixteenth. CICERO'S TUSCULAN VILLA. In considering the much debated question of the situation of Cicero's Tusculan villa, the first point to be settled, is that of the limits and territory of Tusculum. One of the most definite passages to be found among the Latin authors upon the situation of Tusculum, is in Strabo's Geography, (lib. V), where he states that: Nearer to Rome thaa the mountains of Tibur and Preneste, (Tivoli and Palestrina), there is another elevation, connected with the Alban mountain, from which it is separated by the Algidan valley. Upon this height, Tusculum is situated, a well arranged city, adorned with surrounding plantations and appropriate buildings, especially in the part overhanging the plains towards Home. For here, on this side, Tusculum is a fertile and well watered hill, in many parts gently sloping, and containing the most splendid palaces. Joined to it, is the country at the foot of the Alban mountain, having the same natural advantages and the same cultivation. The neighboring fields partly extend towards Rome and her suburbs, and partly towards the sea; the latter are less healthful, but the others are salubrious and well cultivated. From this general description, the more to be depended upon, that it was written in Tusculum itself, in the villa of the emperor, Tiberias, to whose family Straho belonged, it is evident that Tusculum included, not only the summit of the height, but also all its slopes and the fields below, to a considerable extent, as well as the " country at the foot of the Alban mountain. Another conclusion from this passage, is, that since, upon the gentle slopes towards Rome, were most splendid palaces, among these, would surely have been Cicero's, or that which he had...

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