D'Auvergne, Edmund B. (Edmund Basil) · London, T.W. Laurie · leaf 34
the ashesof Antoninus Pius were deposited here also, and thoseof his wife Faustina. For the remains of Lucius Verus,and what was mortal in Marcus Aurelius, room hadmost likely to be found in the adjacent chambers. Thecolumbaria filled rapidly in those days; and in the year211 the bronze doors of… … 2: < 5 ^%^ K hoc&< <O . s i W ^Q „, o X H SANT ANGELO AND THE VATICAN 17 two hundred years all was still in that abode of dustand ashes. From without the statues of the gods andheroes looked down on a world which was forgettingthem and upwards at clouds that were fast gatheringover…
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