House and Garden 
and the Compagnie des Omnibus erected its 
stables on the land. In 1883 the excavation 
of the other half was undertaken under the 
vigorous leadership of Charles Read, Victor 
Hugo, Albert Lenoir and Charles Normand, 
and carried to a satisfactory conclusion. In 
1892 the parts recovered were opened to the 
public as a small park or square, and in 1900 
agitation was begun to recover the portions 
owned by the Compagnie des Omnibus. 
The Amphitheater was situated a short 
distance from the Roman road to Ivry on 
the eastern slope of the hill of Sainte-Gene- 
vieve. As usual in such buildings, advan¬ 
tage was taken of the slope of the hill in 
constructing the seats of the cavea. The 
style of masonry seems to carry the work 
back to the second century, which agrees 
well with a tradition that Hadrian built many 
theaters in France. 
The dimensions of the central oval or 
arena proper are 56 meters on the long axis 
and 48 meters on the short axis. The total 
long axis of the building is 128 meters or 
420 feet. The chief peculiarity of the build¬ 
ing is that the cavea, or ranges of seats, ex¬ 
tended around only one-half of the area, the 
eastern half being flat and used as a stage. 
The building could be adapted to either the¬ 
atrical or amphitheatrical purposes at pleas¬ 
ure. The capacity was about t 0,000 persons, 
a figure which corresponds to a large popu¬ 
lation, estimated as high as 300,000 by one 
competent judge. This is doubtless exces¬ 
sive, but half that number would be a good- 
sized Roman town. 
The great Gallo-Roman monuments at 
Arles, Orange, Reims and other towns 
indicate large and wealthy centers of popu¬ 
lation. 
The picture which history gives us of Lu- 
tece, the first Paris, is that of a Roman pro¬ 
vincial town of about 200,000 inhabitants, 
with a few fine streets, several important 
public buildings, and innumerable huts and 
small houses surrounded by good vineyards 
and gardens, and these in turn by the dense 
primeval forest. 
{gl'o be continued ) 
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