Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Memoirs of the American Academy in Rome, Vol. 20
The American Academy in Rome has been enabled since 1948 to make soundings and conduct excavations on the site of ancient Cosa by the permis sion cordially granted of the Ministry of Public Instruction of the Republic of Italy and by the generous enthusiasm of the owners, Marchese and Marchesa San Felice di Monteforte. The enlightened comprehension of the Director General of Antiquities and Fine Arts, Dr. G. De Angelis d'ossat, has been equalled only by the sympathetic interest of the Superintendent of Antiquities for Etruria, Professor Antonio Minto. Our work at Cosa has been constantly stimulated by the intelligence and experience of our inspector, Dr. G. Maetzke, and its burdens eased by the unfailing zeal of Assistente Gino Tozzi. The Honorary Inspector of Antiquities for Orbetello, Dr. Pietro Raveggi, has been prodigal of his store of wisdom and eloquence. To each and all of them the following pages owe much.
They essay to collect and interpret the written sources bearing on the his tory of cos3 and to examine the remains yet Visible on its site. In the histor ical sketch no account has been taken of various early and mistaken attempts to situate Cosa on some other site than its own, nor of the more recent but no less fallacious effort to found a new Cosa on the river Sele. The ancients had no doubt where Cosa lay, nor do we.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
