A dictionary of architecture and building : biographical, historical, and descriptive (1902)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York : The Macmillan company · leaf 458
was not untilafter the conquest of Greece itself that thetemples of the Romans were deeply influencedby those of the Greeks. Certain well-marked769 TEMPLE differences were, however, well maintained. Theiioman temjile <litfered from the Greek : 1st, inthe greater depth of its portico ; 2d, in… … Temple, Fig. THAT AT ElLUR.\, InDIA. of steps, but on a lofty base or podium, withplinth and cornice of its own. (See Vol. II.,pi. XII.) The Romans, from the earliest to the latesttimes, showed a fondness for the circle in theirtemple plans. In the Temple of Vesta, in theForum Romanum, one of the…
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