New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-05-14
Historical Discoveries.

Professor FILoPAyrI, who has heretofore favored
The Tribune with interesting information relative
u the Roman Revolution and Republic in which he
took m active and honorable part, has lately been
devoting himself to studies connected with the his
tory Of Rome and has arrived at some interesting
results We find them stated in the Eco fItalia
of last week, from which we translate for TIE
Tribune as follows:
The discovery may be reduced to three points
l. The history of the earliest times at Rome is
authentic and true, not in a mythical but literal
and ordinary sense. .. The greatness Of antique
Rome and the events in her career, are due princi
pally to a secret society and man of genius who
founded it. 3. There exist unsupported relations
between the first beginnings of Rome, the origin of
Christianity and the recent revolutions Of Europe.
There are to be remarked certain condolences OF
date between the seven principal modern revo-
lutions the first of which, in order of time was the
American Revolution-and the seven first events
occasioned or directed by the recent democratic So
ciety which had charge OF the destinies OF early
Rome These condolences are not OF the usual
frivolous and far.fetched kind, butreay most sngu-
lar and worthy of the reflection OF serious minds.
We will here simply recall the relation discovered
by him between the Revolution of Feb "a, l5is, in
France and that of Nov. l5is, in Rome. Chronol.
ogists generally agree in placing the birth Of Christ
on the night of Dec. "a, in the year of Rome 7iS
and the incarnation consequently aine months ear
er in that year. There Is the same distance of
nine months from Feb. "a, the day of Louis Phil
ppe's flight, and Nov. -, the day OF Plus IXth's.
All the modern chronoogists fix the foundation of
Rome in the year 753 before the vulgar era, or 7j2
according to the astronomlc method; these figures
added to ls45 make 1900, exactly half the period
l5,2C0) which the Roman martyroogy reckons from
the creation of the world to the birth of Christ Es
tsblishing n conventional which Prof L. calls
the era of Noah the 1900 wears before the vulza
era, the year OF the Revolution of Alba. and the
foundation of Rome, is precisely the ls4s Of the era
Noetca Beside, the Revolution OF Alba brought
about by the Democratic EteriG which founded
Rome. happened in the month of February. The
flight of the constitutional King Lucius Tarquinius.
and the foundation of the ancient Roman Republic,
happened exactly on the 2ith of February. This
is certain from the marble tablets of the Roman
Capitol The ancient authors placed the Foundation
of Rome on the 2lst of April of the Alban year.
which began in the OF the greatest heat, and
hence their month 'Ot April correspondent with our
month of November. Plutarch says that Rome was
founded on day when the moon was eclipsed-
Now the astronomical tablets positively establish
that the eclipse happened on the fth Of December
of the Julian year 396l in which the Summer sol
stice was the first of the Julian year. Therefore,
the fourth Julian December 3G9l, is exactly the
cath OF November of the true or Gregorian year
SAG of the era of Noah. Hence the flight of Plus
IN The third stage in the history of Rome, took
place precisely 20 centuries after the foundation of
Rome, without the difference OF n year. a month,
or even a single day.
From these facts Prot. f. nfers either that there
is n secret society which acts with great power
upon the movement Of events, or else that the hand
Of God is most palpably visible in history In either
case they indicate that democracy is sure Of
speedy triumph.