Evening journal., 1919-10-18
Cam 1900 YEARS
BEFORE COLUMBUS
Porta Says Romans and
Etruscans Made Trips
Here.
PLlNCUS STARTED
FLORIDA COLONY
o, pRor. MnnnT =. ponrA

Noted Scientist ArchaeolUgisi aud
SNant.
lave devoted three of my four arti-
cits en ~rhn strOscans aud Romans In
Ameeca 20 TIE first named.
~ ,asi importance 10 historians and
slchaeologlsis Is me fact that both
fhusclns and Romans visited america
'n me Nrsl century Of ihe two Nisl-
iaiion- However, that of the Romans
0r raher. those of the Romans since
i'iere were az least two are perhaps
ihc mora romantic especially since we
have SO much -d8M concerning ihem
Convincing H-l- the evidence OF %
pTc-thristian migration or Eiruscans 10
tenirsl AmeriT the proof Is not
avis So tangible as That OF ihe Ro-
msn ,osiis during The period between
6s a. D. and 50 A. b.
Permit me. then. 90 Introduce 90 you
ono Gaus pliniu- Secnndus .plny The
tiderl. famous Roman admiral nat
urallsi historian anG explorer WHO en-
ioyed high favor under Tie Empor0rs
Nero and Nespashn from the date of
hi. birth IN A. H. % until his death IN
ile great eruption 0f Nesuvius a. 0.
~ which destroyed pompeiL Hercula-
n9eum and The Surrounding country
Plinius u was Who saiyaged for pos
ierily what mo0ger accounts OF the
tiruscans were siiii existing in bis day
pllnlus 20 was. while 0lmiral or R0-
man ileei probably about 4. y. GS'
visited the Gulf OF Mexico with seven
iriremc IKE those pictured herewith.
"a linn IN
pre,oiled upon ihe Emperor Nesp0slan
10 ostracize his friend Julius Sabine.
head OF an unsuccessful revolt In Gaul.
10 seven years IN "rua America
abridgemeni Of "Tunio Major'9 rather
than order him put to death
Documents ia the possession OF I
santa Clara University California. the
convent 0f M0ntecess no. near Rome |
and Mr.. Marciano Rossi. Of san Jose.
cal. prove beyond preadvenmre OF a 4
doubt that Plinius. IN his researches
through upward OF 1000 selected books
on human progress. had found well-au-
ilenticaicd descriptions of the Western
Norld-probably written by The Etu-
scans centuries before and destroyed in
pompeil
so comprehensive We're these treat,
lses APPARENTLY, That pl'nus made a voy-
asc across tho Atlantic and landed pre-
clsely where his fellow -countrymen
had landed $50 years before,
Laicr u seems. he clrcumuayigated
'De Gulf q Mexico. touching 40 points
10 what are now Mexico. Texas. Lou
Isanl and Florida
Whl ihc results of this adventure
were not given 10 the world VIII prob I
ably never be known.
Tie pilnius lefl more or less of
colony on the llp Of Florida at that
tma Is indicated by the existence there.
iud1y " q Roman military road some
~ miles IN length. connecting lhe gulf
Shore with fresh-Waier lake m the Z
Interior.
MOREOVER llc name Of the little /
Own whore iha coloulsis OF pllnus I
'rooshly landed Is called Porto no- y
Mno' Go This day In
Ten years later friend of plinlus- G
uiiusl -ubino. by name-headed a re-
on ~ lhe Gauls. living n what Is b
low southwestern France. against the d
ntlority OF Rome The revolution was Ii
ulckly suppressed and the life OF The s
'ader who had been forced 90 take n
efuge IN a cave at The base OF the
'yrenees. was declared forfeit by the u
lnporof Ncspasian 81
sabine, from his sanctuary. appealed "
4, Pllnius-who, IN turn used his @,
.iendly offices with The Roman em- 70
error TO secure commulalion OF o
aplno's sentence from death 90 seven "