A dictionary of architecture and building; biographical, historical and descriptive (1901)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York, Macmillan · leaf 213
MAN ARCHITECTURE solul roiistnu-tioii of lii-r walls tci romler tin-cities she fouiulcd secure ag-.iiust attack, ami bythe employment of arched construction to roofover her buildings with an imperishable mate-rial, to build bridges and aqueducts (the latter of ROMAN ARCHITECTURE ba.siliea ; the… … Roman Imperial Architectcre : Therm* of Caracalla; c. 215 a.d.YioUet-le-Ducs restoration of the great hall (tepidariuni). vital importance in all her Eastern possessions),and lastly to drain oft water from marshydistricts. The second source was that of Greek archi-tecture, from which were derived…
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