Rome of the Pilgrims and Martyrs

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Excerpt from Rome of the Pilgrims and Martyrs: A Study in the Martyrologies, Itineraries, Syllogæ, and Other Contemporary DocumentsThe Whole city, excluding the Vatican, but including the janiculum, was encircled by the immense towered wall, raised by Aurelian (270 and repaired by Honorius in 403. It was pierced at intervals by seventeen gates, through which the pilgrim passed out along the great highways, and on these roads all round Rome, at a radius of from two to three miles, are the catacombs, some thirty in number.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.