Pagan and Christian Rome

Pagan and Christian Rome, by
Rodolfo Lanciani

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Author: Rodolfo Lanciani
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Transcriber's notes:
The following typographical errors have been corrected: Page v,
"Romana" changed to "Romano" (by Giulio Romano, Francesco Penni,)

Page 59, "Bulletino" changed to "Bullettino" (in footnote [38]: See
Henzen, Bullettino dell' Instituto, 1863,) Page 91, "Réceuil" changed to
"Récueil" (in footnote [51]: Léon Rénier: Récueil des diplomes
militaires) Page 120, "Ardentina" changed to "Ardeatina" (S. Petronilla
on the Via Ardeatina) Page 131, "Venedetto" changed to "Benedetto"
(the master-mason Benedetto Drei, whose drawing,) Page 147,
"Winckelman" two times changed to "Winckelmann" (Fea and
Winckelmann assert and Winckelmann attributes their rapid decay)
Page 185, "in" changed to "is" (the urn of Agrippina is kept in the
courtyard) Page 208, "Emmanuele" changed to "Emanuele" (southwest
corner of the Piazza Vittorio Emanuele) Page 273, "astrinum" changed
to "ustrinum" (it was an astrinum where corpses were cremated) Page
314, "Bulletino" changed to "Bullettino" (in footnote [148]: Bullettino
di archeologia cristiana) Page 327, "Nicolas" changed to "Nicholas"
(from the time of Pope Nicholas I.) Page 369, "Cèrceo" changed to
"Circeo" (defeats the Saracens off Cape Circeo) Page 373, "Guilio"
changed to "Giulio" (di Papa Giulio, 254;)

[Illustration: BATTLE BETWEEN CONSTANTINE AND
MAXENTIUS
(From a painting by Giulio Romano, Francesco Penni and Raffaellino
del Colle)]

PAGAN AND CHRISTIAN ROME
BY
RODOLFO LANCIANI AUTHOR OF "ANCIENT ROME IN THE
LIGHT OF RECENT DISCOVERIES"
PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED
[Illustration: The Riverside Press]

BOSTON AND NEW YORK HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN AND
COMPANY =The Riverside Press, Cambridge= 1893

Copyright, 1892, BY HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN & CO.
All rights reserved.
The Riverside Press, Cambridge, Mass., U.S.A. Electrotyped and
Printed by H.O. Houghton & Co.

CONTENTS.
PAGE
CHAPTER I.
THE TRANSFORMATION OF ROME FROM A PAGAN INTO A
CHRISTIAN CITY 1
CHAPTER II.
PAGAN SHRINES AND TEMPLES 51
CHAPTER III.
CHRISTIAN CHURCHES 107
CHAPTER IV.
IMPERIAL TOMBS 168
CHAPTER V.
PAPAL TOMBS 209

CHAPTER VI.
PAGAN CEMETERIES 253
CHAPTER VII.
CHRISTIAN CEMETERIES 306
LUDI SÆCULARES, INSCRIPTION EDITED BY MOMMSEN 362

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
FULL-PAGE PLATES.
PAGE
BATTLE BETWEEN CONSTANTINE AND MAXENTIUS (from a
painting by Giulio Romano, Francesco Penni, and Raffaellino del Colle)
(Heliotype) Frontispiece
ARCH OF CONSTANTINE 20
THE TRANSLATION OF S. CYRIL'S REMAINS (fresco in S.
Clemente, done at the order of Maria Macellaria) 32
THE WESTERN SUMMIT OF THE CAPITOLINE HILL 86
PANEL FROM THE ARCH OF MARCUS AURELIUS (Heliotype) 90
PLAN OF SCHOLA ABOVE THE CATACOMBS OF CALLIXTUS
(from Nortet's Les Catacombes Romaines) 118
PLAN OF OLD S. PETER'S, SHOWING ITS RELATION TO THE
CIRCUS OF NERO 128
PLAN OF THE GRAVES SURROUNDING THAT OF S. PETER
DISCOVERED AT THE TIME OF PAUL V. (from a rare engraving

by Benedetto Drei, head master mason to the Pope. The site of the
tomb of S. Peter and the Fenestella are indicated by the author) 132
S. PETER'S IN 1588 (from an engraving by Ciampini) 146
THE TWO BASILICAS OF S. PAUL (the original structure of
Constantine in black; that of Theodosius and Honorius shaded) 150
MAP SHOWING THE LOCATION OF PHAON'S VILLA 188
SARCOPHAGUS OF HELENA, MOTHER OF CONSTANTINE
(Heliotype) 198
ROTUNDA AND OBELISK SOUTH OF OLD S. PETER'S (after
Bonanni) 202
CRYPT OF POPE CORNELIUS 218
THE CLOISTERS OF THE LATERAN, AS NOW RESTORED
(Heliotype) 238
TOMB OF INNOCENT VIII. (Heliotype) 242
TOMB OF PAUL III. (Heliotype) 246
FIGURE FROM THE TOMB OF CLEMENT XIII. (Heliotype) 250
INTERIOR OF A COLUMBARIUM IN THE VIGNA CODINI 260
DETAIL FROM THE CEILING OF THE HOUSE DISCOVERED IN
THE FARNESINA GARDENS 264
WORKS OF ART DISCOVERED IN THE TOMB OF SULPICIUS
PLATORINUS (Heliotype) 268
TOMB OF THE BOY Q. SULPICIUS MAXIMUS (Heliotype) 282
THE APPIAN WAY AND THE CAMPAGNA 286

OBJECTS FOUND IN THE GRAVE OF CREPEREIA TRYPHÆNA
302
CHRISTIAN MILITARY CEMETERY OF CONCORDIA
SAGITTARIA 324
THE IDEAL ROMAN FIGURE OF CHRIST (Heliotype) 348
ILLUSTRATIONS IN THE TEXT.
TABLET OF ACILIUS GLABRIO 4
MAP OF THE VIA SALARIA 7
PORTRAIT BUST OF PHILIP THE YOUNGER 13
INSCRIPTION FOUND NEAR THE PORTA DEL POPOLO, 1877 15
INSCRIPTION IN A TOMB OF THE VIA SEVERIANA AT OSTIA
16
LAMP OF ANNIUS SER..., WITH FIGURE OF THE GOOD
SHEPHERD 18
PICTURE OF ORPHEUS FOUND IN THE CATACOMBS OF
PRISCILLA 23
THE FOUR SEASONS (from