_To face page_ VARIOUS REMAINS DISCOVERED IN THE MERCATO VECCHIO, NOW IN THE ETRUSCAN MUSEUM, FLORENCE 1 THE ARNO RIVER-GOD. BAS-RELIEF. ETRUSCAN MUSEUM 39 ETRUSCAN TOMBSTONES, FROM THE MERCATO VECCHIO 55 SITE OF ROMAN VILLA, NEAR SAN ANDREA, FLORENCE 57 PAVEMENT OF A ROMAN HOUSE, WITH IMPLUVIUM, FOUND UNDER THE MERCATO VECCHIO 59 MOSAIC PAVEMENT OF A _SALA DELLE TERME_ 59 PISCINA FRIGIDARIA, WITH CONNECTED CHILDREN'S BATHS, FOUND NEAR THE CAMPIDOGLIO 66 ATTACK ON THE MONKS OF SAN SALVI. BAS-RELIEF BY BENEDETTO DA ROVEZZANO; NATIONAL MUSEUM, FLORENCE 74 MIRACLE OF SAN GIOVANNI GUALBERTO (EXORCISING A DEVIL). BAS-RELIEF BY BENEDETTO DA ROVEZZANO 78 A ROMAN HYPOCAUST, PARTLY RECONSTRUCTED 85 EXTERIOR VIEW OF THE CALIDARIUM AND FURNACE 85 DESCENT TO A ROMAN WELL; DISCOVERED BENEATH THE CAMPIDOGLIO, FLORENCE 89 ROMAN CALIDARIUM, WITH FURNACE BENEATH; FLORENCE 93 IMPLUVIUM OF A ROMAN HOUSE; FLORENCE 93 MOUTH OF ROMAN FURNACE (MERCATO VECCHIO) 96 CALIDARIUM (_ibidem_) 96 BELFRY OF SAN ANDREA, MERCATO VECCHIO, FLORENCE 130 PALACE OF THE PODESTÀ, FLORENCE 192 PALAZZO VECCHIO, FLORENCE 241 SUPPOSED PALACE OF THEODORIC IN RAVENNA 383 THE TOMB OF THEODORIC, RAVENNA 384 ANCIENT SHRINE, RAVENNA 388 CHURCH OF SAN VITALE, RAVENNA 401 EMPEROR JUSTINIAN 403 EMPRESS THEODORA AND COURT, RAVENNA 404 SCENE IN CORN MARKET, FLORENCE 475 RIOT IN CORN MARKET, FLORENCE 476 [Illustration] [Illustration: VARIOUS REMAINS DISCOVERED IN THE MERCATO VECCHIO OF FLORENCE. (_Now in the Etruscan Museum._) [_To face page 1._] INTRODUCTION.[1] I.