Identifier: historyofromepop01gris (find matches)
Title: History of Rome and the Popes in the Middle Ages
Year: 1911 (1910s)
Authors: Grisar, Hartmann, 1845-1932
Subjects: Papacy
Publisher: London, Paul
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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arcades have been admirably preserved ; cp. Ills. 31 and 34. 2 Orosius, Hist., VII., c. 39, ed. Zangemeister (Corpus script, eccles., V.), p. 544 : Adest Alaricus, trepidant Romam obsidet, turbat, inrumpit; dato tainen praecepto prius,ut si qui in sancta loca, praecipueque in sanctorum apostolorum Petri et Pauli basilicasconfugissent, hos inprimis inviolatos securosque esse sinere?itP The sancta loca are!specified by St. Augustine (De civitate Dei, I., c. 34) as loca martyrum. Perhaps only,!those churches connected with early martyrs were granted the right of sanctuary. Cp.Duchesne, Liberpo?it., 1, 231. Sozomenus (Hist., IX., c. 9) mentions only the Basilicaof St. Peter. 3 Even the Goth Jordanis, in the middle of the sixth century, when writing thehistory of his nation, thought himself under the obligation of attempting the impossible Alarico iubente spoliant tantum, non autem, ut solent gentes, ignein supponunt:Getica, c. 30, ed. Mommsen (Mon. Germ, hist., Auctt. antiq., V.), p. 98.
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111. 16.—Tower of the Aurelian Wall not far from theSalarian Gate. no. 53) ALARIC IN ROME 83 splendid villa, lying in its own grounds near the Salarian Gate.Probably its situation near the point of ingress made it one of thefirst buildings to be seized by the enemy. On the Caelian, at theopposite side of Rome, fire also raged. We already know thatthe mansion there, belonging to the Christian Valerii, fell a preyto the flames. Likewise the adjacent circular market-hall, whichlater, under Pope Simplicius, became the church of St. Stephen,must have been burnt down at this time.1 This aristocraticquarter of the Caelian, as well as the no less rich and fashionabledistrict on the Aventine, probably excited in a special way thecupidity of the conquerors, and consequently fared worse than therest of the city. But fire must also have devastated the districtslying on the further side of the Tiber, for as the Liberpontificalismentions the consecration or reconsecration of the Transtiberinechur

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