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Excerpt from Ancient Rome: In the Light of Recent Discoveries It is impossible for me to mention, one by one, the seien tific discoveries of special importance made under the au spices of the city of Rome; if I did, this Preface would ex oecd in length the volume it introduces. We have discov ered a new archaeological stratum, totally unknown before, the stratum of prehistoric or traditional antiquities; we have discovered a necropolis older than the walls of Servius Tullius, containing more than archaic specimens in bronze, amber, stone, and clay; we have brought to light more than 5 000 feet of the great agger, or embankment of Servius, and ascertained the site of fourteen gates; we have unearthed the remains of numberless houses and pal aces, temples and shrines, roads and drains, parks and gar dens, fora and porticoes, fountains and aqueducts, tombs and mausolea, to such an extent that whereas before 1872 science possessed only approximate attempts at an archmo logical map of Rome, we have put at the disposal of stu dents magnificent ones, covering an area of square metres of the ancient city. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.