Rome souterraine. Rome which he would return to

which he would return to in the Histories and the Annals

the second surviving tragedy by Aeschylus depicts the siege of Thebes by the enemy from Argos and

Published in the last century

Cahiers Ernest-Babelon 4

to be supplemented by new discoveries

Rome souterraine. Rome which he would return toArchaeology is fashionable. Excavations near and far are of increasing interest to a wide audience, eager to know the past in an exact and concrete way. Rome remains an irreplaceable place for the knowledge of the early Church and its cultural context: its underground passages preserve testimonies on this subject that cannot be found elsewhere, and also works of art well before those that are admired in the East. Filling this gap by treating Roman