Museum of antiquity; a description of ancient life: the employments, amusements, customs and habits, the cities, places, monuments and tombs, the literature and fine arts of 3,000 years ago (1887)
Yaggy, L. W, Haines, Thomas L · Des Moines, Iowa : G.S. Cline · leaf 123
oked bythe splendid Temple of Jupiter and that of Fortune elevated onits lofty basis. 8 113 114 GENERAL SURVEY OF THE CITY. It is to be noticed that the last-named edifice does not standsymmetrically either with the Street of the Forum or with theStreet of the Baths running past the House of the… … GOLD BREASTPINS FOUND AT POMPEII. able that these circumstances are the result of design rather thanof chance. The Greeks seem to have preferred the view of amagnificent building from a corner, and there is scarcely a right-angled plan to be found either in ancient or modern Italy. Inthe Street of…
Civilization · Classical antiquities
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