An Essay on the Roman Villas of the Augustan Age, Their Architectural Disposition and Enrichments;: And on the Remains of the Roman Domestic Edifices Discovered in Great BritainLongman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman, 1833 - 179 sidor |
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... feet ' . In the time of Horace , who wrote in the reign of Augustus , every man , who was rich enough , had his country - seat in the charming Campania ; and the district of Naples , Baiæ , Puteoli , & c . was preferred , being the most ...
... feet ' . In the time of Horace , who wrote in the reign of Augustus , every man , who was rich enough , had his country - seat in the charming Campania ; and the district of Naples , Baiæ , Puteoli , & c . was preferred , being the most ...
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... feet in height , and that the palace extended by three colonnades a mile in length . In the centre was an immense lake , surrounded with build- ings , having the appearance of a town ; and within the compass of the domain were corn ...
... feet in height , and that the palace extended by three colonnades a mile in length . In the centre was an immense lake , surrounded with build- ings , having the appearance of a town ; and within the compass of the domain were corn ...
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... feet in length and two hundred feet in width , being nothing uncommon for the magnitude of a palace . The exterior of the building is said to have been covered with large sheets of gilt bronze ; it was adorned with the finest statues ...
... feet in length and two hundred feet in width , being nothing uncommon for the magnitude of a palace . The exterior of the building is said to have been covered with large sheets of gilt bronze ; it was adorned with the finest statues ...
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... sides is here broken into a semicircular recess . The same accumulation of soil has taken place on the Palatine Hill as elsewhere in Rome ; for these chambers , which must have • 3 been once on the surface , are now many feet 7.
... sides is here broken into a semicircular recess . The same accumulation of soil has taken place on the Palatine Hill as elsewhere in Rome ; for these chambers , which must have • 3 been once on the surface , are now many feet 7.
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... feet below the ground ' . Few vestiges even remain of those innume- rable villas with which Italy was once crowded ; although in erecting and adorning them the Romans lavished the wealth and spoils of the world . Some accidental ...
... feet below the ground ' . Few vestiges even remain of those innume- rable villas with which Italy was once crowded ; although in erecting and adorning them the Romans lavished the wealth and spoils of the world . Some accidental ...
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An Essay on the Roman Villas of the Augustan Age: Their Architectural ... Thomas Moule Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1833 |
An Essay on the Roman Villas of the Augustan Age: Their Architectural ... Thomas Moule Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1833 |
An Essay on the Roman Villas of the Augustan Age, Their Architectural ... Thomas Moule Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1833 |
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