Cutts, Edward Lewes, 1824-1901 · London : Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge · leaf 77
ally deserted, until the edict of ValentinianII (391) put an end to the public ceremonies of theold religions, closed the temples, and appropriated * E. A. Freeman, THE CHURCHES OF CONSTANTINE. 55 them to various public uses, or left them to gradualdecay.* The building which is given here as a… … The Maison Carree at Nimes. frieze, and cornice, and its wonderful preservation,make it the finest example of a classical templeremaining in Northern Europe. The date is disputed,but it is probably of the time of Antoninus Pius.The columns scattered around it are the remains of * Jerome (Ep. cvii.…
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