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ROMBERG, Moritz Heinrich, German physician, xv. 817.

ROMBLON, island, Philippines, XVIII. 752.

ROME, Ancient, History of, XX. 731 (index, 838); empire in Asia, II. 699; under Augustus, in. 795 conquest of Britain by, IV. 352; vni. 264; xxi. 474; in time of Ca.-sar, IV. 634; wars with Carthage, v. 161; empire at time of Christ, Xlll. 662; relations with Jews in time of Christ, XX. 727; relations of, to Christianity, v. 691, 693; under Constantino, vi. 299; con quest of Egypt by, vn. 748; extent of the empire, x. 176; conquest of Gaul j by, IX. 527; of Germany, x. 474; siege and pillage of, by the Goths, I. 443; conquest of Greece by, XI. 108; under Nero, xvil. 349; struggles with Par thian empire, XVin. 595; conquest of Sicily by, xxn. 21; of Spain, xxii. 305; attack on Syracuse, xxn.

817.

, Ancient, Topography and archaeo logy of, II. 343; vm. 840; xx. 807 (index, 838); agriculture of, I. 292; amphitheatres, I. 774 ; architecture, II. 414; architecture of churches, II. 434; army, II. 562; basilicas, ill. 415; baths, ill. 434 ; coins, xvil. 637, 652; colonies, vi. 158; comitia, VI. 194; commerce, vi. 199; office of consul, VI. 313; decrees of, on inscriptions, Xlll. 132; drama, VII. 409; edu cation in, vii. 671 ; festivals, ix. 114; games, x. 65; glass-making, x. 648; improvements in, under Trajan, XXin. 505; libraries, XIV. 511; orders of nobility, XVIL 526; religion, XX. 371; influences on religion of, xm. 780; slavery, XXII. 131; Stoicism in, xxii. 572; taxation and finance, ix. 173; tenure of land, xiv. 260; terra cotta remains, xxm. 194 ; theatres, xxiii. 224.

, Modern, XX. 833 (index, 838) ; xm. 467; at close of the papal tem poral power, XIX. 158; sack of, by Constable de Bourbon (1527), v. 822; xm. 482; carnival, v. 122; Catacombs, v. 207 ; mural paintings in Catacombs, xvn. 43; dialect, xm. 496; libraries, xiv. 528, 548; newspapers, xvil. 431; observatory at, xvil. 714; schools of painting, xxi. 438, 443; picture gal leries, xxi. 446; Michelangelo s art work in, xvi. 23 1 ; Raphael s, XX. 277; Christian pilgrimages to, XIX. 94; sculpture, xxi. 568, 570; univer sity, xxm. 836.

, town, New York, U.S.A., xx. 838.

-, Foundation of, Era of, v. 712.

ROMEITE, mineral, XVI. 428.

ROME LA GRANT, Latin romances, xx.

637. ROMFORD, town, England, xx. 838.

ROMILLY, Sir Samuel, English jurist,

xx. 838; on Mirabeau, xvi. 494. ROMNEY, George, English painter, xx.

839.

MARSH, Kent, England, xiv. 37.

- MARSH SHEEP, i. 392. ROMNY, town, Russia, xx. 840; xix. 410. ROMUALD, founder of Camaldulians, iv.

721. ROMULUS, legendary founder of Rome,

xx. 840; wall of, in ancient Rome,

xx. 812.

, collection of fables, xvm. 727

AuGUSTULUS, Roman emperor,

xx. 781; XVIL 726.

RONALDSHAY, islands, Orkney, Scot land, xvn. 846. RONCAGLIA, Italy, Diet of (1154), xm.

472. RONCESVALLES, Pyrenees, Battle of

(778), xx. 626; xxn. 310. RON DA, town, Spain, xx. 840. , Serrania de, mountain group,

Spain, xxn. 294. RONDEAU, or Rondel, short poem, xx.

840; early French, IX. 644. RONDELET, Guillaume, French ichthyo logist, xii. 631. RONDELETIUS, Jacobus, Swedish writer,

xxn. 754.

RONG, region, Tibet, xxm. 339. RONGBACHA, district, Tibet, xxm. 342. RONGE, Johann, leader of the German

Catholics, x. 444.

RONNEBURG, town, Germany, xxi. 347. RONSARD, Pierre de, French poet, xx.

841; ix. 650; his alexandrine verse,

I. 500.

RONSARDISTS, school of French writers, ix. 651.

RONSDORF, town, Prussia, xx. 842.

ROOD, in architecture, II. 472.

ROOF, in building, iv. 484; vii. 347; carved wooden, xxiv. 647.

ROOFING TILES, xxm. 387.

ROOF OF THE WORLD, plateau, Turke stan, xxm. 633; sources of the Oxus in, xvm. 102.

ROOK, bird, xx. 842; VI. 617; cranium of, m. 715.

ROOKE, Sir George, English naval com mander, xx. 843.

ROORKEE, town, India, xxi. 152.

ROOSEBEK, Belgium, Battle of (1382), ix. 548.

ROOST, whirlpool, Shetland, Scotland, xxiv. 542.

ROOT, ROOTS, of plants, iv. 94; pressure at, xix. 46; curvature of, xix. 60. CROPS, Culture of, I. 364.

ROOTS, of numbers, n. 532; xvn. 615.

ROPE, xx. 843.

ROPER, Mrs, daughter of Sir Thomas More, xvi. 819.

ROPEWALK SPINNING, xx. 844.

ROQUEFAVOUR, France, Aqueduct of,

II. 222.

ROREE (Rohri), town, India, XXI. 803. RORIDULA, genus of insectivorous

plants, xm. 137. RORQUAL, cetacean mammal, XV. 395;

xxiv. 524. RORSCHACH, town, Switzerland, xxi.

169.

RORY O MORE, Lover s novel, xv. 29. ROSA, genus of plants, xx. 850. , Monte, Pennine Alps, I. 625; XXIV.

3i-

, Francisco Martinez de la, Spanis h poet, xxn. 361.

, Salvator, Italian painter and satir ist, xx. 846; as poet, xm. 512. ROSAMOND, wife of Alboin, king of the Lombards, XIV. 814. -, Fair, mistress of Henry II. of

England, xx. 848. ROSANILINE, dye, II. 48. ROSARIO, town, Argentine Republic, xx.

848.

, El, town, Mexico, vm. 155. ROSARY, in Roman Catholic Church,

vv Q A Q XX. 040.

ROSAS, Manuel de, president of Argen tine Republic, XX. 848; II. 491.

ROSCELLINUS, scholastic philosopher, xx. 848; xxi. 421.

ROSCHER, Wilhelm, German economist, xix. 391.

ROSCHLAUB, Andreas, German physi cian, xv. 814.

ROSCIAD, The, by Churchill, v. 766.

ROSCIANUM (Rossano), ancient town, Italy, xx. 855.

ROSCIUS, Roman actor, vii. 412.

ROSCOE, William, English writer, XX.

849. | ROSCOELITE, mineral, xvi. 426.

ROSCOMMON, county, Ireland, XX. 849; representation, xxm. 727; town, XX. 850. , Earl of, poet, xx. 850.

ROSCREA, Tower of, Ireland, XXIII. 406.

ROSE, plant, xx. 850; xn. 260; of Nishapur, Persia, xvm. 624.

, or Erysipelas, skin disease, vm.

531; XXII. 122.

, Roman de la, early French romance,

ix. 643; v. 451; xxiv. 585. -, Valentine, on the writings of Aris

totle, II. 512.

ROSEAU, town, Dominica, West Indies, vn. 354.

ROSELITE, mineral, xvi. 404.

ROSELLE, town, Italy, vm. 636; XL 212.

ROSELLINI, Ippolito, Italian Egyptolo gist, XX. 851; V. 387; works of, on Egyptian monuments, XL 809.

ROSE-MALLOES, incense, xii. 718.

ROSEMARY, plant, xx. 851; xn. 289.

ROSENBLATT, Wilibrandis, wife of (Ecolampadius, xvn. 729.

ROSENHANE, Gustaf, Swedish poet, xxn. 754.