Date of Award
5-1931
Degree Type
Bachelors Essay
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts (BA)
Department
History
First Advisor
Francis S. Betten
Second Advisor
William J Grace
Abstract
One day in May 15-78, some laborers digging in the "pozzolano" on the Via Salerna two miles from the wall of Rome, went at their work so industriously as to fall into the Galleries that were banked with graves. Great as the astonishment of the age to find the existence of a city of the dead beneath the suburbs of Rome, and many were the people who flocked to see it. Since the tenth century the Catacombs had lain forsaken and forgotten but from this time on they were the most interesting curiosity in Italy.
Recommended Citation
Saskowski, Conrad A.E., "The Roman Catacombs" (1931). Bachelors’ Theses. 2235.
https://epublications.marquette.edu/bachelor_essays/2235
Comments
A Thesis submitted to the faculty of the College of Liberal Arts , Marquette University, in Partial Fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Arts. Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.