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Title: The destruction of ancient Rome : a sketch of the history of the monuments
Year: 1901 (1900s)
Authors: Lanciani, Rodolfo Amedeo, 1847-1929
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Publisher: London : Macmillan
Contributing Library: PIMS - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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., 1877.Urlichs, C. L.: Codex urbis Romae topographicus. Wiirzburg, 1871. SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY XV PERIODICALS Archivio della Societa Romana di Storia Patria. Rome, from 1877.BuUettino della Commissione archeologica comunale di Roma, from 1873.BuUettino di Archeologia cristiana, edited by Giovamii Battista de Rossi, Vols. L-XIU. Rome, 1863-1895.Nuovo BuUettino di Archeologia cristiana, edited by G. B. de Rossi, E. Stevenson, O. Marucchi. Rome, from 1895.Mittheilungen des Kaiserlich Deutschen Archaeologischen Instituts, Roemische Abtheilung; from 1886, following the Annali and BuUettino, 1829-1885.La Civilta Cattolica. Interesting contributions by H. Grisar. See also Grisars Analecta Romana, Vol. I. Naples, 1899.Melanges de Ificole fran9aise de Rome. Rome, from 1881. Interest-ing contributions by L. Duchesne.Notizie degli Scavi di Antichitk. Rome, from 1876.Roemische Quartalschrift fiir Christliche Altertumskunde. Rome, from 1887.Studii e Documenti di Storia e Diritto. Rome, from 1880. v
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Fig. 1. — Substructions of the palace of Septimius Severus. DESTRUCTION OF ANCIENT ROME CHAPTER I THE DESTROYERS OF ANCIENT ROME I WAS sitting not long ago at the southern extremity ofthe Palatine hill, where the remains of the palace of Sep-timius Severus tower a hundred and sixty feet above thelevel of the modern streets, and I was trying to fathomthe abyss which lay open at my feet, and to reconstruct inimagination the former aspect of the place. By meas-urements on the spot, compared with descriptions anddrawings left by those who saw the Palatine in a betterstate of preservation, I have been able to ascertain that apalace 490 feet long, 390 wide, and 160 high has so com-pletely disappeared that only a few pieces of crumblingwall are left here and there against the cliff to tell thetale. Who broke up and removed, bit by bit, thatmountain of masonry ? Who overthrew the giant ?Was it age, the elements, the hand of barbarians, or someother irresistible force the action of which has

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