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* KOME. 274 KOME. of the Cirsars (a.d. 47G), who, by a curious coin- ciiU'iic'C, 1)01-6 the same name as the mj-thical foiimler of the city— Komulus. Tlie Kmpire of the Kast (see Byzantine JiiU'iRE) outlived the Koiuaii Kmpire by nearly 1000 years. See para- jjraph llislory under Italy; Papai, States. Ro- Tiiaii an-lui'i)logy has been treated under the head of Ahcii.t.olou'y. For the art and religion of aiieient Rome, see Rohan Art and Roman Re- LIOION. BinLioGRAPHY. Richter, "Topographie von Kom," in Miiller's Handhucli der klassischen Allfrlinnswissenschaft. vol. iii. (2d ed., Munich, 1!)01); Laneiani, The Ruins and Excavations of Ancient h'ome (London, 1S97) ; id.. The Destruc- tion of Ancient Rome (ib., 1899) ; id., Sew Tales of Old Rome (ib., 1!)01) ; id., Storia dcgli scavi di Roma (Rome, 1902) ; F. Marion Crawford, Ave Roma ImmortaUs (New York, 1898); Burn, Rome and the Campagna (Cambridge, Eng., 1876) ; Wey, Rome, trans, by Story (London, 1877) ; Hare, Walks in Rome (12th ed., London, 1887) ; Miehelct, Rome (Paris, 1891) ; Schocner, Rom (Vienna, 1898) ; Gsell Fells, Rom tind die Campagna (Leipzig, 1901); Kaenimel. Rom nnd die Campagna (Bielefeld, 1902) ; Niebuhr, Rtimi- sehe (Icschirhte (3 vols., Berlin, 18U-.32; trans. by Hare and Thirwall. London, 18.59) ; Jlommsen, liiimische Geschichteiyol. i., 9th ed., Berlin, 1903; vols, ii., iii., 8th ed., 1888-89; vol. v.. 3d ed., 1880; Eng. trans., New York, 1894) ; Schwegler and Clason. Romische Geschichte (5 vols., Tubinger and Berlin. 1867-76) ; Ihne, Romische Oeschichte (8 vols., Leipzig, 1868-90; Eng. ed., 5 vols., Lon- don, 1871-82) ; Duruy, Histoire des Romains de- puis les temps les plus recuUs jusnu'a I'invasion ■ des Barbares (7 vols., Paris, 1879-85; Eng. trans., London, 1883-86 ) : Arnold, History of Rome ( 3 vols., London, 1871) ; Fustel de Coulanges, The Ancient Citg (Boston, 1874) ; Liddell, History of Rome to the Establishment of the Empire (2 vols., London, 1885) ; Nitzsch, Oeschichte der rirmischen Repxih- lik (2 vols., Leipzig, 1884-85) ; Merivale, History of the Romans Under the Empire (7 vols.. New York, 1864-66) ; Gibbon, History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (numerous edi- tions, best by Bury, 7 vols., London, 1896-1900) ; Hertzberg, Geschichte des I{<imischen Kaisei'- reichs (Berlin, 1881) ; Tliomas, Rome et I'empire aux deux premiers si-ecles de notre ere (Paris, 1897) ; Seeek, Geschichte des TJntergangs der antiken Welt (2 vols., Berlin, 189.5-1901) ; Hodg- kin, Italy and Her Invaders (4 vols., Oxford, 1884-85) ; Gregorovius, Oeschichte der fitadt Rom- im Mittelalter (8 vols., Stuttgart, 1859-72; trans, by Hamilton, London, 1894-1900). HOME. A city and the county-seat of Floyd County. Ga., 72 miles northwest of Atlanta; at the junction of the Etowah and the Oostanaula rivers, which here unite to form the Coosa, and on the Southern, the Chattanooga, Rome and Southern, the Nashville, Chattanooga and Saint Louis, and other railroads (Map: Georgia, A 1). It is the seat of Shorter College for Women (Bap- tist), opened in 1877. Among other features of the city arc eight iron bridges, which counect Rome and its suburbs ;■ Mobley Park ; the post- office building; and the county court house. Rome is the centre of one of the most productive sec- tions of the State. The river valleys yield large crops of cotton. gi"ain, and hay, and the higher land many varieties of fruit. In addition to its commercial importance, Rome has acquired con- siderable prominence as an industrial city. It has cotton mills, planing mills, hosiery mills, a tannery, stove works, machine shops, an iron furnace, a large nursery, and manufactories of cottonseed oil, plows, scales, furniture, fertiliz- ers, wrapping tw ine, brick, lime, crates and bo.es, trousers, and mattresses. The government, under the charter of 1883, is vested in a mayor, chosen biennially, and a unicameral council. The water- works are owned and operated by the municipal- ity. Rome was chartered as a city in 1847. In 1863 the Confederate General Forrest with COO men here captured a Federal force of 1800 under (icneral Streight. and in 1864 the city was oc- cupied for some time bv General Sherman. Popu- lation, in 1890, 6957; in 1900, 7291. KOME. A city in Oneida County, N. Y., 15 miles northwest of Utica; at the junction of the Erie and Black River canals; on the Mohawk River and on the New York Central, the New York, Ontario and Yestern, and other railroads (Map: New York, E 2). An attractive residen- tial city. Rome is regularly laid out with wide, beautifully shaded streets. The main features of interest are the Jervis and Young ilen's Chris- tian Association libraries. State Custodian Asy- lum, Deaf Mute Institute, and Saint Peter's Academy. The city is the shipping centre of a. dairying and farming section, especially noted for its large output of cheese, butter, and hops. The principal manufactures are steel rails, loco- motives, brass and copper products, bath-tubs, knit goods, beer, and brick. The government is vested in a anayor, chosen biennially, and a uni- cameral council. Other administrative officials, with the exception of the school board, which is elected by popular vote, are appointed by the mayor. The w^ater-works are owned and operated by the municipality. On the site of Rome, Fort Stanwix was built in 1758. Near here on August 6, 1777, the battle of Oriskany (q.v.) was fought. Soon after the Revolution Rome was permanent- ly settled, and was organized as a town in 1796. The village was incorporated in 1819. and in 1870 was chartered as a citv. Population, in 1890, 14,991; in 1900, 15,343.' KOME. The name of the second novel (1895) of Emile Zola's 'trilogy' — Lourdes, Rome, and Paris. The young priest and hero of Lourdes, Pierre Froment, here continues, in the Papal cap- ital, his experiences, which appear to show him how unsatisfactorily, even in Rome. Catholicism enters into the vital progress of modern civiliza- tion. He is made to observe, by contrast, the grand working powers of science and of nature. KOME, Univessitt of. An institution found- ed in 1303 by Pope Boniface VIII. It perished during the Great Schism, and was refouiided in 1431 by Eugenius IS^. It was a Papal institution until 1870, when it came under control of the Italian Government. This university is the old Studium Urbis. now the Royal University-, and is not to be confounded with the University of the Curia or the Papal Court, which was founded by Innocent IV. in 1244-45. The Royal University had in 1901 a budget of about 975.000 lire, and between 2300 and 2400 students, and included an engineering school and a school of pharmacy be- sides the faculties of philosophy, science, and law. Its library, the Bibliotcca Alessandrina. contains about 95,000 volumes, besides 60,000