Jackson, Thomas Graham, Sir, 1835-1924 · Cambridge [Eng.] University press · leaf 44
ndcolumns and capitals were stolen without scruple fromolder structures. The Roman world was sacked byConstantine for the adornment of his new capital.s. Peters S. Peters was the first Christian church built in Rome by Constantine after his conversion. It stood on theVatican near the Circus of… … 5TETER5ROME Fig. 2. 2—2 20 S. PETERS, ROME [ch. ii we know what it was like from drawings made before itsdestruction. From them we learn that even at thebeginning of the 4th century, when the fiery trial ofthe last persecution was only just abated, the Church hadalready begun to rival the outworn…
