Chap. IV.

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GATE OF SPELLO ,

City and Gates of Augusta Pretoria, in the valley of Aosta , between the Alps Graiaeand Pennina, or the Great and Little St. Bernard. This city was founded after the defeatof the Salissi, who inhabited Cisalpine Gaul , and who were continually at war with theRomans. In the days of Augustus the gate was built: it is an admirable specimen of theentrance to a Roman city. The walls are set out at right angles. The two longer

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Fig. 106.

GATE AT AOSTA.