Museum of antiquity; a description of ancient life: the employments, amusements, customs and habits, the cities, palaces, monuments and tombs, the literature and fine arts of 3,000 years ago (1883)
Yaggy, Levi W, Haines, T. L. (Thomas Louis), b. 1844 · Alexandria, Va., W.P. Grant & co. · 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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