Rome souterraine. Rome also holds a doctorate from

also holds a doctorate from the École pratique des hautes études (Historical and Philological Sciences)

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Published in the last century

to be supplemented by new discoveries

which he would return to in the Histories and the Annals

Rome souterraine. Rome also holds a doctorate fromArchaeology is fashionable. Excavations near and far are of increasing interest to a wide audience, eager to know the past in an exact and concrete way. Rome remains an irreplaceable place for the knowledge of the early Church and its cultural context: its underground passages preserve testimonies on this subject that cannot be found elsewhere, and also works of art well before those that are admired in the East. Filling this gap by treating Roman