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PROFESSOR LANCIANI'S LECTURES.A course of eleven lectures on Roman Archaeology was begun by Professor Rodolfo Lanciani, L.L.D. of Rome, on Wednesday, November 17, in Sanders Theatre. The lectures are attractively illustrated with stereopiticon views. The subjects of the remaining lectures are as follows...
...Lanciani spoke last evening of the Police organizations of ancient and mediaeval Rome. He dwelt on the great hardships and dangers which these guardians of the peace were obliged to undergo. The streets of Rome were wholly without lights at night, and consequently were very favorable places for the operations of theives and foot-pads. The police, besides the ordinary duties of their office, were obliged to act as fire men. The frequency of disasterous fires in Rome is too well known to need comment. Mr. Lanciani closed his lecture as usual with appropriate stereopticon views...
PROFESSOR LANCIANI'S LECTURES.A course of eleven lectures on Roman Archaeology was begun by Professor Rodolfo Lanciani, L.L.D., of Rome, on Wednesday, November 17, in Sanders Theatre. The lectures are attractively illustrated with stereopticon views. The subjects of the remaining lectures are as follows...
...fifth lecture of the series was delivered last night before the usual large audience attracted to Sanders Theatre on these occasions. The subject was Famous Public Gardens in Rome...
...great forum, originally a low swampy ground, was gradually transformed to the magnificent parallogram which its name now calls to our minds. Professor Lanciani gave a very vivid picture of the appearance of the forum as it must have been in antiquity. The best preserved forum in Rome is entirely inaccessible because there are two convents on the site. The forum of Trajan was by all means the most impressive and magnificent...