Peregrinazioni nella campagna romana . entre la scrittura del Academica, l'oratore può vedere attraverso il Cyzicenewindow il pesce sporting nelle sue acque limpide. È relatedthat il 7 di dicembre dell'anno 46 B. C, al momento di thevery dell assassinio di Cicerone a Formiae, hotsprings l)urst fuori in che parte dei giardini che camenearest alla riva; e queste molle, beenfound benefico per gli affetti dell'occhio, divenne cele-brated sotto il nome di Aquse Ciceronianse. Il sito della villa fu occupata nel mezzo agesby un borgo chiamato Tripergola. Qui il re di Anjoubuilt un shooti
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Wanderings in the Roman campagna . hile writing the Academica, the orator could see through the Cyzicenewindow the fish sporting in its clear waters. It is relatedthat on the 7th of December of the year 46 B. c, at thevery moment of the murder of Cicero at Formiae, hotsprings l)urst out in that part of the gardens which camenearest to the shore; and these springs, having beenfound beneficial for affections of the eye, became cele-brated under the name of Aquse Ciceronianse. The site of the villa was occupied in the middle agesby a hamlet called Tripergola. Here the kings of Anjoubuilt a shooting lodge, the royal kennels, and a bathingestablishment capable of accommodating thirty patients, the Aquse Ciceroniana; having retained through thelapse of so many centuries their healing virtue againstophthalmia. All these interesting and pleasant memo-rials and landmarks were destined to disappear on the29th of September of the year 1538. The dawn of thatfatal day was marked by an outburst of geysers; twelve THE LAND OF NERO 333. The sulphur springs of the Ac|Ufe Caldana? on the Volsciaii coast five mileswest of Aiitiuin hours later the Monte Nuovo was formed, a cone 456feet high, in the centre of which we can stiH behoklthe eruptive flue, inclosed by masses of pumice stone, trachyte, and tufa. After a delightful rest at Torre Caldana we set sailfor Cape Antium (La Punta dell Arco Muto), the dimoutline of which appeared in the morning haze fivemiles to the east. This part of the coast is higher andmore picturesque than the sandy beaches of Laurentumand Lavinium, the clay and sandstone cliffs beingfringed with clusters of arbutus and myrtle, and eachheadland being crowned with the remains of a villa.Impelled by a gentle breeze our boat ran eastwardthrough waters as clear as crystal, showing every detailof the uneven bottom thirty feet below. So perfect was 334 WANDERINGS IN THE ROMAN CAMPAGNA their transparency that we were able to test for the firsttime the accnracy of the tra
