place
Pons Sublicius
the pile-bridge
also: Sublician bridge
The first bridge over the Tiber, built of wood by Ancus to join the Janiculum to Rome.
Reading notes
- The History of Rome, Book 1 §33 pile-bridge
The Pons Sublicius, first bridge over the Tiber, built of wood by Ancus.
- The History of Rome, Book 2 §10 Sublician bridge
Rome's oldest bridge over the Tiber, made wholly of wood; Cocles held and then had it destroyed to bar the Etruscans.