The story of architecture: an outline of the styles in all countries (1896)
Mathews, Charles Thompson, 1863- · New York, D. Appleton and company · leaf 234
ants. All straight lines drawn normal to the curve ofthe segment met at a common point, so that all horsesand chariots should have the same distance to travelin a race, and down the middle of the course ran alow wall, terminated at either end by a met a or goal,round which the racers had to pass.… … Fig. 75.—Plan of theatre at Orange. 2\2 ETRURIA AND ROME. Rome boasted many of these racing resorts, as didthe other cities of Latium ; but the most importantwas the Circus Maxim us, begun rudely by Rom-ulus, rebuilt by Tarquinius Priscus, and resuscitatedand restored at various intervals under the…
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