AN INTERESTING DISCOVERY.
(Press Assn.. — By (telegraph.— Cppyright.) (Received October 1.8, 9.5 a.m.) ' ROME, October- 17.
Investigating the ruins of Domus I !avia on the Palantine, Professor Boiii. b-:s discovered an almost intact pavement u{ the Emperor Dominitian's dining hall, (.•. voring. an area of 'looQ square metre's, composed of. Oriental granite, w^th a bor(1 r of Niimidian niarblG and ptheiv Af-. 'ri.-aii stones, and a remarkable arrange' -n :.«nt of pillars raising it soas to permit c." seating underneath..
The Palantine was the earliest inhabit- ;..! of the seven hills on which ancient it. line- stood, its foundation- being \attril >* Led to. Romulus. Dominitian was Emj;.ror ot Rome itv 81-96, A.D. The late y. a is, of his - lijfe were a reign. « of terror, i .itil Jie. was-murdered- by his- officers. He \ :is guilty of the most excessive de- . .ucheries. r ' ". , , ,.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 12587, 18 October 1911, Page 5
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140AN INTERESTING DISCOVERY. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 12587, 18 October 1911, Page 5
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