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of Roman architecture to have raised itinto the region of art. Without it the theatres, amphi-theatres, aqueducts, baths, basilicas, and bridges of theRoman world would have been impossible. It is to thepractical turn of the Roman mind that we must credit itsadoption, while on the other hand it is… … T%rii>Tr^w Fig. 1. of what originated in mere considerations of utility intoa consistent and novel style of architecture. It has been objected to the Roman architects that 8 ROMAN ARCHITECTURE [ch. i whereas, except in porticos of temples where Greek tra-dition survived, they rejected the…
