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PONS AELIUS
the modern Ponte S. Angelo, built by Hadrian in connection with his mausoleum (cf. Ill. 34) and finished in 134 A.D. (Cass. Dio
lxix. 23; CIL vi. 973; Not. app.; Pol. Silv. 545). It is represented on
a bronze medallion of Hadrian which is accepted as genuine by
Gnecchi (Med. ii. 42. 4). Besides this official name the bridge was
called pons Hadriani (Hist. Aug. Hadr. 19; Prud. Peristeph. xii. 6 ;
Mirab. Il; Pol. Silv. 545; Ordo Bened. pass.), and in the Middle
Ages Pons S. Petri (Anon. Magi. 158; Eins. pass.; Jord. i. I. 416).
It had three main arches 18.39 metres in diameter, with three smaller
arches on the left, 3, 3.5 and 7.59 metres in diameter respectively, and
two on the right, 7.59 and 3.75 in diameter. From the central part,
over the main arches, the bridge sloped down at an angle of 15 degrees, and
the approach on the left side was by a long ramp. The total width was
10.95 metres, and the material travertine with peperino between the
arches. The inscriptio
Samuel Ball Platner, Thomas Ashby, A Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome, Chronological Index to Dateable Monuments (search)