Temples, tombs, and monuments of ancient Greece and Rome. A description and a history of some of the most remarkable memorials of classical architecture (1871)
Adams, W. H. Davenport (William Henry Davenport), 1828-1891 · London, New York [etc.] T. Nelson and sons · leaf 141
ikewise, coveredwith cushions, and capable of receiving with ease above * Gibbon, Decline and Fall of Rome, i., 416, 417 (ed. Bohn). 138 GIBBON ON THE COLISEUM, fourscore thousand spectators. Sixty-four vomitories (forby that name the doors were very aptly distinguished)poured forth the immense… … Exterior of the Coliseum. place without trouble or confusion. Nothing was omittedwhich, in any respect, could be subservient to the con-venience and pleasure of the spectators. They wereprotected from the sun and rain by an ample canopy,occasionally drawn over their heads. The air was con-tinually…
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