The Omaha morning bee., 1924-09-13

Fearing that the Italian govern
ment may take his find away from
him, the discoverer has disappeared
together with the codex. The Italian
authorities have searched Prof. F'us-
co.'s home.
DIR. Funke is the only person whom
Prof. Fuseo has. up to the present
time, received or talked to about his
find.
is it really true that you have
found the codex Of Titus Livius, and
do you really believe 1t is the original
manuscript written by Livius him
self?" asked DR.. Funke.
Expects to Make Fortune.
without any doubt" answered
Prof Fusco. This volume tells of
the foundation and history of Garth
age. In this beck there arises new
world of incompatible beauty and
grandeur"
According to Dr. Funke the discov.
erer expects to make a vast fortune
out Of his find and therefore refuses
to surrender 1t to the Italian govern
ment. The German scholar expresses
himself as rather skeptical.
Ry Universal Service
Evanston, ILL.,, Sept. 12.-The re
ported discovery Of the missing books
of Livius' Roman history by Prof.
Martino Fusco will make necessary a
revision If not a rewriting Of all hand
books dealing with Roman history,
literature, and legal antiquities, DIR.
Roy c. F'lickinger. noted classical
scholar Of Northwestern university,
declared today:
There Is excellent ground for be-
lieving that this apparently epoch.
making find is all that the discoyeref
says 1t is," said DR.. Flicklnger.
There appears to be official con
firmation by the Neapolitan ministry
of public instruction and therefore,
one cannot feel but the discovery IS
an event of outstanding Importance
to students of Roman history and
literature.
New Sight on History.
"Livius work was divided into f42
sections, called books; they extended
from the more or less mythical stor'
les connected with the founding o.
Rome in 735 B. c., to the death OF
Drusus in 800 B. c., or about 20 yedl
before the historians own deceGse.
THE 35 books which have been e1
tant up to the present. carry the mar
rative no further than 167 =. C..
though the general content OF tne
other books is known from brief epi
tones which have been preserved
from antiquity. New light, therefore
is about to be thrown upon every
thing Of importance which happened
on the shores of the Mediterranean
during the century and a half which
preceded the birth of Christ"
Especially valuable, DIR. Fllckinger
believes, will be Livius' judgment
upon events with which he was con
temporaneous, such as the forma
tion of the First and Second tri
umvirates, the civil war between
Julius Caesar and Pompey. and oc
tavius and Antony, and the emer
gence of the Roman empire princi
pate of Augustus, as Octavius came
to be called.
"Livius' sympathies" DR.. Flickin
ger added. "are already known to
have been mildly enlisted on the
side Of Pompey. but he nevertheless
enjoyed the friendship and patronage
Of Augustus.
Students of literature. on thu
other hand, will be tantalized unit
they learn what topics of Interest
to them he may have touched upon IN
the hitherto missing three quarters OF
his work" !"
It may be years. however, before
the works are translated and edited
as the parchments discovered in tht
library, according to reports, woult
cover nearly a square mile, DR.
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