A farther view allows us to see better the connection of the Aqua
Antoniniana that supplied the Baths on the left of the picture.
The road going behind the Baths is the Via Ardeatina
that ends near the Circus Maximus.
The Via Ardeatina went over the hillock between the Baths of
Caracalla and the Aurelian Wall. As it often happened, some
Mausoleums were built alongside the Roman roads and ornamented the landscape.
A higher view.
In front of the endless façade of the Baths, the Via Nova was running parallel to the Via Appia
which you can see in the foreground.
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of the inner courtyard.
