Hamlin, A. D. F. (Alfred Dwight Foster), 1855-1926 · New York [etc.] Longmans, Green, and co. · leaf 131
gnificent of all, and in conjunction with the Forum ofTrajan formed one of the most imposing of those monu-mental aggregations of columnar architecture which con-tributed so largely to the splendor of the Roman capital. These monuments frequently suffered from the burningof their wooden roofs. It… … FIG. 58.—BASILICA OF CON-STANTINE. PLAN. ROMAN ARCHITECTURE. 99 grand scale the plan of the tepidarium-halls of the thermae,the side-recesses of which were converted into a continuousside-aisle by piercing arches through the buttress-walls thatseparated them. Above the imposing vaults of these…
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