hen these did not suffice,built on it an artificial platform on a series of enormous arches,some 24 metres in height. It appears that Hadrian built thegreat exedra and the suite of baths with hypocausts whichadjoins it, while Severus surrounded the Hippodromus with aportico and upper gallery. of… … •/>--^t§fe t2^~ ;^^ 170 ARCHITECTURE chap, ii The building of Severus completed the series of Imperialresidences ; the same emperor added the Septizonium (or Septizodium)at the extreme south-east corner of the Palatine. The exactpurpose of this building is a matter of dispute, but in effect…
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