Handbook of archaeology, Egyptian - Greek - Etruscan - Roman (1867)
Westropp, Hodder M. (Hodder Michael), -1884 · London, Bell and Daldy · leaf 95
ever, a want of taste in the orna-mentation and minor details, were the chief characteristic featuresof Roman architecture. Diocletian erected baths on the Quirinal,and Titus on the Esquiline. They are inferior, however, in size andmagnificence to those of Caracalla. The baths of Titus are… … 8 I a III !J=I I III? a* _• £ !«; = #1 JJSZSI1.9! imiJMPHAL ARCHES. 77 site of the baths of Nero is uncertain. The baths of Pompeii arebuilt on a smaller scale, such as would be suited to a provincialtown. The Romans carried the luxurious practice of bathing intotheir remotest provinces. Remains of…
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