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Pompeiana : the topography, edifices, and ornaments of Pompeii (1824)

Gell, William, Sir, 1777-1836, Gandy, John P. (John Peter), 1787-1850 · London : Rodwell and Martin · leaf 161

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dy reached the last period ofcompUcation and decHne. To trace theconnecting Hnks is not the intention ofthis work, though perhaps, or rather cer-tainly, the same causes operated through-out the chain ; namely, the progress ofsociety, and the changes of religion. Thefounders of cities invariably… … <; s POMPEIAXA. 229 that dignity which the Athenian, Eleusi-nian, and Delphic structures acquired fromtheir natural sites. PLATE LI. View of the Senaculum, or temple of Jupiter. Tothe left are the remains of a triumphal arch;and perhaps another, correspondent, was to havebeen built on the other…

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