Pagan and Christian Rome
Rodolfo Lanciani, the Roman archaeologist who directed excavations in the city during its great rebuilding after 1870, published Pagan and Christian Rome in 1892 for English and American readers. He describes how Rome changed from a pagan into a Christian city, showing how temples became churches, how old customs survived under new names, and how much of the ancient city lay beneath the medieval one. Chapters on pagan shrines and Christian churches are followed by imperial and papal tombs, and by pagan and Christian cemeteries, including the catacombs and the graves around Saint Peter's. Lanciani writes with firsthand knowledge of the excavations and a fund of anecdote. The full text is available to read online in your browser on Vinteuil, and the first chapter is free.
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What kind of book is Pagan and Christian Rome?
Pagan and Christian Rome by Rodolfo Amedeo Lanciani is filed under "Religion & Mythology" in the Vinteuil library.
