Chapter 16

ROME, THE CITY OF RUINS.

Dante, Petrarch, Uberti 177

Rome at the time of Poggio 179

Nicholas V., and Pius II. as an antiquarian 180

Antiquity outside Rome 181

Affiliation of families and cities on Rome 182

The Roman corpse 183

Excavations and architectural plans 184

Rome under Leo X. 184

Sentimental effect of ruins 185