ABSTRACT
From an archaeological point of view, the most spectacular impressions of Rome are in those sites and buildings where the grandeur can still be appreciated, and where the visitor can feel a close experience of Roman life and civilization. Periodically architectural designs, buildings, or patterns from the classical world have been rediscovered, and this has led to conscious attempts to reproduce themes or ideas in art or architecture found in ancient material. The process of rediscovery of the Roman world of which this all forms a part has been a long one. The road ascends a one-in-three slope and is formed of a well-metalled pavement with a central groove and side ditches. Many of the words in use, educational and legal systems, and cultural achievements of many kinds, if they are not derived immediately from classical models, spring ultimately from this underlying source.
