COLLECTION NAME:
Archivision Base to Module 9
Record
Preferred Title:
Pons Aemilius
Image View:
Context view, looking northwest over the Tiber
Creator:
unknown (Ancient Roman)
Location:
site: Rome, Lazio, Italy
Location Note:
over the Tiber River
Date:
179-142 BCE (creation)
Cultural Context:
Roman
Style Period:
Late Republican
Work Type 1:
bridge (built work)
Work Type 2:
arch
Classification:
architecture
Material:
stone
Technique:
construction (assembling)
Subjects:
architectural exteriors; engineering and industry; manufacturing; bridges (built works); transportation; Rivers
Description:
The oldest stone bridge in Rome, the Pons Aemilius was begun in 179 BC and completed in 142 BC. It stood almost intact until 1598, when floods swept away two supporting piers and three of the arches. Two remaining arches were dismantled in 1885, leaving only a single arch standing in mid-river. (Source: Encyclopaedia Romana [website]; http://penelope.uchicago.edu/~grout/encyclopaedia_romana/)
Collection:
Archivision Addition Module Three
Identifier:
1A3-R-R-PR-A2
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
Pons Aemilius
