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aughter-in-lawof Croesus, the wealthiest man of his dayand a member of the First Triumviratewith CcTsar and Pompey. This mausoleumis a circular structure 65 feet in diameterwith walls 20 feet thick, and was built60 years before Christ.The frieze which runsaround the buildingis carved with oxskulls… … JuMK Ol- ItAlLIA MK I hl.l,.\, KuMt Off in the distance lie portions of thegreat Claudian Aqueduct, which once ledwater to Rome from the Sabine hills. Someof the arches are over 100 feet high andrun in broken lines over the compagna. Further along the Appian Way is the en-trance to the Catacombs,…
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