Island Chronology

 

 

The events considerable to the Island history are listed below in chronological order.
Abbreviations: bC: before Christ; aUc: ab Urbe condita (from the Rome foundation); the dating is after Christ (AD) if not otherwise indicated.
The following graphic legend has been used for the side time-bar:
 

 Island 

  

 Aesculapius 

  

 Temples 

  

 Bridges 

  

 Tiber 

  

 Churches 

  

 Hospitals 
 








 
                509 bC
(245 aUc)		 According to the legend the mud amassed on the harvest of the last Rome king Tarquinio il Superbo, thrown to the Tiber by the Romans after they expelled him from the town, generate the Tiber Island
             


                293 bC
(461 aUc)		 During a serious plague and after consulting the Sibillini books it was decided to send an embassy to Epidaurus
             


                292-291 bC
(463 aUc)		 The messengers sent to Epidaurus come back with the sacred snake that  settles in the Island
             


                289 bC Inauguration of the Aesculapius temple in the south-east end of the island
             


                259 bC
(495 aUc)		 Arrangement of the Island in the shape of a ship, according to Gaetano Moroni that indicates the date "495 di Roma"
             


                194 bC The temples of Faunus, at the north west-end, and the Veiove one are built
             


                194 bC The temple of Giove Giurario is built in the central part of the island
             


                181-179 bC Construction, by the censors Marco Emilio Lepido and Marco Fulvio Nobiliore, of the stone pillars of Ponte Emilio on which a wooden footbridge was located 
             


                142 bC Construction of the four stone arches of Ponte Emilio by Publio Scipione Emiliano and Lucio Mummida
             


                I sec bC Probable arrangement of the Island in the shape of a ship (from: Lexicon Topographicum)
             


                62 bC Stone construction of Ponte Fabricio by Lucio Fabricio, curator viarum [responsible of the roads]
             


                46 bC Stone construction of Ponte Cestio by Lucio Sestio 
             


                21 bC Restoration of Ponte Fabricio by the consules Marco Lollio and Quinto Lepido
             


                46 AD The Claudius edict makes free the ill slaves abandoned in the Aesculapius temple
             


                370 Restoration of Ponte Cestio by the emperor Gratian
             


                463 Probable reconstruction, according to Casimiro d'Aracoeli, of the St.Giovanni Calibita church after its destruction by Genseric
             


                537 Vitige cuts the aqueducts: Belisario creates the floating water mills
             


                997-1001 The emperor Otto III builts the church of St.Adalberto (subsequently of St.Bartholomew)
             


                1018 A papal bull by Benedictus VIII is the first documented trace of the St.Giovanni Calibita church
             


                1160 The church of St.Adalberto changes its denomination to St.Bartholomew
             


                1191-1193 Restoration of Ponte Cestio by Benedetto Carushomo
             


                1366 The pope Urbano V assign the Santucce nuns to the St.Giovanni Calibita church
             


                1513 The church of St.Bartholomew is entrusted to the Franciscans
             


                1573-1575 Restoration of Ponte Emilio during the pontificate of Gregorius XIII
             


                1598 Further restoration of Ponte Emilio
             


                1584 Setting up of the first nucleus of the Fatebenefratelli hospital
             


                1598 A flooding definitively destroys the left arch of Ponte Emilio that from then is known as Ponte Rotto
             


                1624 The St.Barthlomew façade is moved forward incorporating the old porch
             


                1639 Costruction of the Franciscan monastery wing at the left of St.Bartholomew
             


                1656 The island become a Lazzaretto during the plague
             


                1679 Remaking of the facing of Ponte Fabricio by Innocenzo XI (see marble plaque)
             


                1700 Restoration of the Fatebenefratelli hospital by Carapecchia: the building of the Assunta Hall is commonly referred to this date
             


                1791 The islet previously created by the river flow erosion is reconnected to the Tiber Island
             


                1849 The clashes during the resistance of the Repubblica Romana concerned also the Island
             


                1853 Construction of the iron walkway to connect Ponte Rotto to the left bank
             


                1854 In the underground of the St.Giovanni Calibita church a floor fragment is found, probably belonging to the ancient temple of Giove Giurario 
             


                1869 The spire by Ignazio Giacometti is erected in the middle of the St.Bartholomew square
             


                1870 Exceptional flooding (mt.17.22 at Ripetta) which level is documented by a plaque
             


                1875 Approval of the Canevari project for the construction of the embankments
             


                1876 Let out the first contract for the construction of the embankments
             


                1877 Demolition of the Ponte Rotto arches to the Trastevere bank for the construction of the new Ponte Palatino
             


                1888 Ponte Cestio is  dismantled and widened according to the new width of the right river branch stated in the Canevari project
             


                1888-1889 Demolition of the Franciscan monastery wing at the right of St.Bartholomew in order to widen the Tiber right branch and Ponte Cestio
             


                1886-1891 Construction of Palatino Bridge
             


                1892 Ponte Cestio is reopened after its rebuilding with three arches of the same width
             


                1900 Due to an exceptional flooding (mt.16.17 at Ripetta) a piece of bank just built falls down at Lungotevere of the Anguillara
             


                1901 Construction of the "bridles" under the lateral arches of Ponte Cestio
             


                1926 Completion of the last section of the embankments under the Aventino
             


                1930 Starting of the demolition of the small houses at the west end of the island in order to enlarge the Fatebenefratelli hospital
             


                1934 Completion of the restoration of the Fatebenefratelli hospital in the present configuration
             


                1937 The last big flood of the Tiber (mt.16.90 at Ripetta) which level is documented by two plates










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