Lowrie, Walter, 1868-1959 · New York : The Macmillan company ; London : Macmillan & co. · leaf 62
TION OF THEIR EXTENT 33 with the basilicas within the walls, and on the other, with themountains and the coast. rnderlying all such representationsis the notion that the whole system of excavation wassecret, that it was intended not only for purposes of burial, but as a refuge for a limited sect,… … Fig. 5. — Crypt of S. Ca?eilia, catacomb of Callistus. Third century. tent, the true use, and the legal status of the Christian ceme-teries. The location and distribution of the Roman catacombs wasdetermined in part by natural, in part by historical considera-tions. As to the historical factor, we…
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