The golden days of the renaissance in Rome, from the pontificate of Julius II to that of Paul III (1906)
Lanciani, Rodolfo Amedeo, 1847-1929 · Boston; New York : Houghton, Mifflin and company · leaf 54
f the fortunes of the Roman Empire. On February 15, 1353, the market-i)lace was the scene ofone of those popular outbreaks so common in that unruly THE CITY 33 affe. It seems that Stefanello della Colonna and BertoldoOrsini, both senators, had exported a large quantity of■wheat while a terrible… … The stone lion of the Capitol before its restoration, from an engraving byCavalieri, 158o while his colleague Orsini, a heavier and older man, wasstoned to death by the infuriated mob. The market boasted of heroes of local — and dubious —fame, a kind of forts de la haUe. Such was the…
