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 188
, Roma and Venus, whose statues were placedin double celiac : they were too large, he said, to quit thenthrones, and walk out of the temple, if they wished. The temple was a double temple ; that is, it consistedof two celiac, placed back to back; one facing theCapitol, the other the Coliseum. Hence… … TEMPLE OF VENUS AND ROMA. 187 It belonged to the pseiido-dipteros decastylos order ; thatis, it had only one row of ten columns, but this wasplaced at the same distance from the body of the buildingas if there had been two rows. Its decorative sculpturewas magnificent, and its great size rendered…
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