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Professor K.F. Huelsen, of the German Imperial Archaeological Institute in Rome, will deliver a lecture in German with stereopticon illustrations in the Lecture Room of the Fogg Museum this evening at 8 o'clock. His subject will be "The Golden House of Nero...
...CLASSICAL CLUB AND MODERN LANGUAGE CONFERENCE. Lecture. "The Golden House of Nero." (Illustrated.) Professor Christian K.F. Huelsen, of the German Imperial Archaeological Institute in Rome. Lecture Room of the Fogg Museum...
Professor Huelsen is one of the foremost authorities on the monuments and topography of ancient Italy. He has lived in Rome most of the time since 1880, being appointed secretary of the German Institute in 1887. He has been active in collecting and publishing Roman inscriptions and has written much on archaeological topics, including an excellent book on the Roman Forum. The subject of the lecture this evening suggests an address recently delivered at Harvard by Signor Ferrero; it will be of interest to see whether Professor Huelsen agrees with the Italian scholar in all points...
...suggested to Nero to kill Agrippina, but he hesitated for a long time until he was sure of its being accomplished in secrecy. In the spring of 59, murderers sank the ship on which Nero had persuaded Agrippina to go. But Agrippina escaped by swimming and hastened back to Rome. Nero was afraid of his mother and at first did not dare to return to Rome. Later, however, his second attempt on his mother's life was successful. Nero, now free from restraint, surrounded himself with musicians and singers, and lived in a continuous orgy. His lavish expenditures and desire...
Signor Ferrero is a graduate of the University of Bologna. He is famous especially for his history, "The Greatness and Decline of Rome," the fourth volume of which has just been published and translated into English and French. Two years ago he delivered a series of lectures at the "College de France" in Paris, which were remarkable for his vivid treatment of past events. His history deals with the subject form a modern point of view and in modern terms...