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...Beginning of Protestant and the Re-establishment of Roman Catholic Missions...
...30th of October, 54 A.D., the Emperor Claudius died, and Nero succeeded him at the age of 17 years. The new emperor continued his study of music, grammar, and language, and allowed his mother, Agrippina, to seize control of the state. But she became a Roman Cleopatra, and because of her refusal to spend the public money for pleasure, she became unpopular. Nero was now living a selfish and extravagant life in the midst of riches and pleasures, and is said to have preferred the theatre to the Senate. Agrippina chafed at this and a struggle arose between mother...
...CLASSICAL CLUB. "Roman Eclecticism in Fine Art." Mr. L. Earle Rowe, of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. Common Room, Conant Hall...
...CLASSICAL CLUB. "Roman Eclecticism in Fine Art." Mr. L. Earle Rowe, of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. Common Room, Conant Hall...
Signor Guglielmo Ferrero, of Turin, Italy, the noted historian, will deliver the first of his series of eight Lowell Institute lectures on "The Fundamental Problems of Roman History," in Huntington Hall, 491 Boylston street, Boston, on Thursday. The topic for that day will be "The Theory of Corruption of Customs in Roman History." The following lectures will be given every other day until December...