Talk:Pons Fabricius

Update from the history channel special on Roman roads
According to the History Channel's program on Roman roads payment was withheld for fourty years to make sure the bridge would hold up. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.34.72.216 (talk) 21:19, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

Janus-faced pillars
The citation regarding the Janus-faced pillars conflicts with an online version (hosted by the University of Chicago) of Samuel Ball Platner (as completed and revised by Thomas Ashby), A Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome, London: Oxford University Press, 1929, which states: "The present parapet was constructed in 1679 by Innocent XI, but the original was divided into panels by pilasters supposing four-faced hermae and connected by a bronze balustrade. The two pilasters and hermae at the east enda are original, and from them the modern name of the bridge, Ponte dei Quattro Capi, is derived" I'm not qualified to resolve the discrepancy! 213.94.248.142 (talk) 15:24, 28 November 2008 (UTC)

"Blocks operino"
I was not able to determine the meaning of this term from a Google search, or from my one dictionary of architecture. I would guess that it means rubble, given that "operino" is Italian for "working". But the Platner source above (in the Janus-faced pillars discussion) says: "It is built of tufa and peperino faced with travertine" That would be very different from rubble. Unfortunately, I don't have a source to resolve the issue. wbakker2 (talk) 15:26, 28 November 2008 (UTC)

Is the Ponte Milvio not in use?
The article says it is "the oldest bridge in Rome that is still in use". In what way is the older Ponte Milvio not in use? Certainly people are crossing it and leaving padlocks on the lamppost. 71.41.210.146 (talk) 00:21, 4 February 2009 (UTC)
 * In ancient times, Ponte Milvio lay outside the city perimeter. Gun Powder Ma (talk) 22:13, 10 April 2010 (UTC)

Inscription Photo
has removed the photo of the inscription, claiming it's of poor quality. I disagree. Other opinions? Isaac Rabinovitch (talk) 14:44, 20 October 2022 (UTC)

Sentences about relief
I took out the link to the wiki for "relief" under "Bridge" as it seems to be a different sense (a type of sculpture) from the one used (a waterway for boats). But the sentences at the end of the Bridge section are still hard to parse: "A relief is located 20 feet above the pier. During times of flood, this relief served as an additional waterway."

I can't find an architectural definition of relief that means "hole." Pier seems to be used in the sense of "a solid support designed to sustain vertical pressure" (from Google/Oxford Languages). I take this to mean the hole in the center of the bridge in the picture. I may be missing something, but I think an clearer version of this sentence could be, "A hole in the center is located 20 feet above the waterline. During times of flood, this hole served as an additional waterway." Or passageway? Someone more knowledgeable in architecture terms could help Blurg Blurgington (talk) 11:40, 28 March 2024 (UTC)