on, is supposed to be the famous Lake Regillus, where the Romans
defeated the Latins ( 496 B.C.). The Monte Falcone (665 ft.) rises on the
left, 2½ M. beyond the Osteria Finocchio, and 11/4 M. to the N. of the
railway-station of Monte Compatri-Colonna (p. 461).
e. From the Porta San Giovanni.
The Tramway to Frascati viâ Grottaferrata, mentioned on p. 457,
starts in the Via Principe Umberto, near the railway-station (Pl. II, 277;
comp. the Map at p. 426) and beyond the Porta San Giovanni follows
the Via Appia Nuova (see below) for 11/4 M. It then turns to the E. by
the Vicolo delle Cave, where visitors to the tombs on the Via Latina
alight (23 mill. from the station, fares 30 or 20 c.; 10 min. from the gate,
15 or 10 c.). Farther on the tramway follows the Via Tuscolana, passing
the Porta Furba,(p. 439; station) and the Monte del Grano. — Tramways
and Omnibuses to the Lateran, see Nos. 4, 8, and 16 on pp. 1-3, and
No. 2 on p. 4 in the Appendix. — A carriage-road leads from the tombs
to the Porta Furba (p. 439) in 6-7 minutes.
From the Porta San Giovanni (see p. 354, and comp. Pl. III,
31) runs the road leading to the Alban Mts., dividing at the Osteria
del Quintale, ¼ M. from the gate, into the Frascati road (to the
left) and the Marino and Albano road (to the right). The former
is the ancient Via Tuscolana. The latter, known as the Via
Appia Nuova, crosses the Ponte Lungo (Pl. III, 36), over the
railway to Civitavecchia, about ¼ M. farther on. About 1¼ M.
from the gate the Vicolo delle Cave, followed by the tramway (see
above), diverges to the left. The Via Appia Nueva, ½ M. farther
on, intersects the ancient Via Latina, issuing from the former
Porta Latina (p. 333), which enters the valley of the Sacco (p. 496)
between the Alban and the Sabine Mts., and ends at Capua. Like
the Via Appia and the other roads emerging from Rome it was
flanked by tombs on both sides.
We follow the Via Latina, cross the line to Albano (p. 462), and,
turning to the left (tablet), reach in 5 min. two Ancient Tombs,
interesting on account of their tasteful decorations. Admission at
the same hours as to the Forum Romanum (p. 172; fee ½ fr., for a
party 1 fr.).
The 1st Tomb, Tomba dei Valerii, to the right of the road, has a
subterranean chamber decorated with graceful reliefs in stucco; sea-
monsters, nymphs, and genii. The buildings above ground have been
somewhat arbitrarily restored.
The 2nd Tomb, Tomba dei Pancratii, opposite, contains in its single
chamber landscapes framed in coloured stucco ornaments and four stucco
reliefs (Judgment of Paris, Alcestis, Priam and Achilles, Hercules playing
the lyre before Bacchus and Minerva). The 'Pancratii' were one of the
burial societies common in the 3rd and 4th cent., but the plan and
arrangements of the tomb prove that it dates from the 2nd century.
The other tombs are interesting only for their brick ornamentation
(Corinthian pilaster-capitals and cornices).
In the immediate vicinity are the foundation-walls of a Basilica, de-
dicated to St. Stephen in the 5th century. The custodian of the tombs
keeps the key. Fine view of the Alban Mts.
Pedestrians may reach the Via Appia Antica (about 1 M.) hence