Excerpt from Viaggio di Policleto a Roma, Vol. 3
Dosso una veste di pelle chiamata scarica la quale difende il viaggiatore dalla pioggia col largo berretto da campagna, che dicesi pe taso, sul capo, e ci mettemmo in cammi no, uscendo dalla cittą pe1 la porta T1ionfa le, situata ai piedi del monte Capitolino. Di colą giugnemmo alle Sponde del Tevere, e, risalendo il suo como pigliammo la via di Fi dene, distante da Roma dodici miglia, che cor rispondono a novantasei stadj.
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