Hamlin, A. D. F. (Alfred Dwight Foster), 1855-1926 · New York [etc.] Longmans, Green, and co. · leaf 123
tail and the fineness ofthe execution are Greek and not Roman. These templesdate from about 72 B.C., though the one at Rome wasprobably rebuilt in the first century a.d. (Fig. 52). IMPEEIAL ARCHITECTURE; AUGUSTAN AGE. Even in thetemples of Greek style Roman conceptions of plan andcomposition are… … FIG. 52.—CIRCULAR TEMPLE. TIVOLL ROMAN ARCHITECTURE. 9I and the building of great edifices of varied form and com-plex structure, like the thermae and amphitheatres, calledfor new adaptations and combinations of planning andengineering. The reign of Augustus (27 B.C.-14 a.d.) in-augurated the…
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