The destruction of ancient Rome : a sketch of the history of the monuments . Fig. 19.— The Sepolcro degli Stucchi, showing the hole made by pluuderers in the vaulted ceiling. 98 DESTRUCTION OF ANCIENT ROME I may close this chapter by reminding the readerthat from the time of Boniface VIII., who institutedthe Giubileo in 1300, to the end of the last century,the highroads followed by the pilgrims on the wayto Rome were repaired every twenty-fifth year, at theexpense of the tombs lining the road on either information which I have collected on this pointwill be published in Vols. III. and


The destruction of ancient Rome : a sketch of the history of the monuments . Fig. 19.— The Sepolcro degli Stucchi, showing the hole made by pluuderers in the vaulted ceiling. 98 DESTRUCTION OF ANCIENT ROME I may close this chapter by reminding the readerthat from the time of Boniface VIII., who institutedthe Giubileo in 1300, to the end of the last century,the highroads followed by the pilgrims on the wayto Rome were repaired every twenty-fifth year, at theexpense of the tombs lining the road on either information which I have collected on this pointwill be published in Vols. III. and IV. of my Storiadegli Scavi di


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