Roma Sotterranea; or, Some account of the Roman catacombs especially of the cemetery of San Callisto, compiled from the works of Commendatore de Rossi with the consent of the author (1869)
Northcote, J. Spencer (James Spencer), 1821-1907, Brownlow, W.-R. (William-R.), 1830-1901, Rossi, Giovanni Battista de, 1822-1894 · London : Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer · leaf 130
use the language of St Jerome, The brightest light of allthe world was extinguished ; the Roman empire lost its head ;and, to speak more truly, in one city the whole world perished. tRome was taken by Alaric; the citizens were reduced, manyby slaughter, some by captivity, all by loss of wealth,… … Fig. 1^.—Fresco in one of the oldest Cttbicula o/the Crypts of St Lncma. CHAPTER IV. FROM THE YEAR A.D. 4IO UNTIL THEIR FINAL ABANDONMENT. A.D. 410.Catacombsabandoned asburial-places. Still fre-quented asshrines. A.D. 537.Profaned byGoths underVitiges. SERIOUS as was the ruin and damage done to the…
Cimitero di Callisto (Rome, Italy) · Catacombs · Inscriptions
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