The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-09-15

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~ sIatl har-. hut very often only Q iras-
went - ruin. Using here and there shove
80 ground and marking ths rAmsips
r. = theatre or q temple. Atheists the Axist-
srrs - = city. More often s'ill only the
urduIsticns u the turf show where the city
Once stood.
Hgh on the hills the remains ~ sncient
. o. are more evident. The arch Of q tenn
70. q rock hewn amphithestre and the re-
vans Of walls are frequently met With.
fur'her away from Rome. where classical
buildings we're scarce. medisvsl palaces
end fortified palaces are still standing.
once he centre u inhsbited regions but now
the landmarks Of a solitary wilderness,
a. desolste and dead a. the ashes u .
hong eHtinguished FIRE.
The comparison Of the Roman Campagna
10 a huge burial place 10 not q simile sug-
erstsd Nv i,s b~arrennees. wildness and
desthiks silence. BESIDES the dead cities
the tampsgna contains q mighty popula-
ton Il the dead.
The Iatins are buried here, perhaps on the
same site where before them the ashes
- generations Of the past without a history
ur name were laid to rest. Then followed
tho Estruscans and other ancient peoples
whose tombs have served As documents OF
Iler history.
HeSt came the Romans, Pagan and
christian, the latter filing subterranean
cites where in avenues winding for miles
and miles the skeletons OF the martyred and
tho prosecuted lie in tier above tier. The
enemies OF Rome killed in battle are there.
TIE victims OF the Circus; the slaves killed
more for amusement than for punishment,
the G'oths, vandsls and other barbarians
and the innumerable victims OF every sex.
age and condition that fell . prey to their
Ase and sword.
Tho dead OF the Middle Ages in pillages
and sacks. wars and almost daily conflicts
between the Popes and the mobiles, the
mobiles and the peOpie. are burisd with the
E'er victims Of brigands and thieves, and
even to-day with them are being laid the
victims Of the malaria which In the scourge
o Inc plaoe-poOr tillers OF he hnd or
shepherds mostly. who come down from the
mountains in tho hope OF profit and pay for
their venture with their lives.
/, n any wonder that the Campaign
T. =" iull or "A ! memories? IL IL q cemetery
nj c'lss arl mon. and though seemingly
dead u j. alive with vestigcs of the past;
thnIgh n | and Wild in soma parts. yet il IL
gu with grass, golden with grain and
ga IniS with wild flowers in others: IL il an
ever hanging picture, p2oDlsd with tbs
shadows Of dead generations, deadly yet
sl,", desolate yet beautiful.
1ae d~epopulation and dcsolation Of the
Roman Campo gns and the pls que Of malaria
cnt" from the time u Gregory the Great.
tnri = the seventh century II was then
t,at Villas and farmiouscs were burned.
o''o orchards and vineyards uprootsd.
tL' supply Of water cut OF. all sources Of
IT, AND thrift were drained. Inc the whole
III n from the Apennines to the sea was
~ ned into an unhellthful and dangerous
v 'rrness
\et this change was by no means sudden,
bat very gradual Many and different
carr'es contributed 20 bring IL about. The
de- line 81 Rome and consequently that
"f the country surrounding (which
fhny describes as n Of beautiful amenity.
VI" work Of a rejoicing nature. With vital
AMI perennial sslubrity OF atmosphere.
f'r,'le plains. thick roves and rich
Varieties of trees began with the change
Of he seat of the empire to ~Constantinople
ihlhe year 800. In 40 Alaric and his hordes
Of "oths swept down from tho north and
plpndered the city for three long days.
" IL known that many houses outside
Nh" gates were burned and that after the
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