FERRARA, ANDREA

cent.), Ital. sword-maker, Italian historian; 6. near Naples. He received his education at the University of Bologna and studied law at Pisa, Hg ji { devoted himself chiefly however authorship and quickly achieved a reputation as ae cee a and peerie sie His early literary efforts were produ in collaboration with Lombroso and| other criminologists. His radical views at times brought him into conflict the authorities. The historical work on which i his i fame mainly i rests is i The Greatne and Decline of Rome, 1902-08. He lectured in Milan in 1898, in France in 1906, made a South American tour in 1907 and in 1908 lectured in the| United States. His publications include, besides the one previously mentioned, Characters and Events of Roman History,| 1908; Between Two Worlds, 1913; Ancient Rome and Modern America, 1914.