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RODOLFO AMEDEO (län-chä'-nē), an Italian archæologist; born in Rome, Jan. 1, 1847. He attained celebrity by investigating the ruins of classical Rome. Among his works are: "Ancient Rome in the Light of Recent Discoveries" (1888); "Pagan and Christian Rome" (1892); and "The Ruins and Excavations of Ancient Rome" (1897), "New Tales of Old Rome" (1901); "Wanderings in the Roman Campagna" (1909). lassed to-day as meare valuable in open but were not employed empl ntent in the World in the German service sed as in England, and alry." In dancing, the tain set of quadrilles. wood valuable for elasticity. It is tree Guatteria Апопасse). An urifolia, yields the lancewood, which, howused. Laneewood is of bach-builders, by whom its and carriage poles. the main trunk of the small quantities from chiefly from Jamaica.

HODOLFO AMEDEO Italian archæologist; n. 1, 1847. He attained stigating the ruins of Among his works are:

Light of Recent the Light 8); ; "Pagan "Pagan and Chris- (2); and "The Ruins and ncient Rome" (1897), Old Rome" (1901); the Roman Campagna city in Italy, the resi of the Catholic church.

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