The recent excavations in Rome, of which I gave you some account at this time last year, have been carried on with constantly increasing vigour, and the results obtained in the way of more accurate information have not been less important.

Site of Porta Capena disputed.—By fixing the site of the Porta Capena we almost necessarily fix the sites of other buildings in that part of ancient Rome—the first regio of Augustus—and we demonstrate that the whole of the fourteen regiones were within the existing walls, as there were strong reasons to believe on other grounds.