Hamlin, A. D. F. (Alfred Dwight Foster), 1855-1926 · New York [etc.] Longmans, Green, and co. · leaf 133
apse or tribune for the magistratesopposite each of these entrances. The dimensions of themain hall (325 x 85 feet), the height of its vault (117 feet),and the splendor of its columns and incrustations exciteduniversal admiration, and exercised a powerful influence onlater architecture. therms:.… … I 1 I ■ I y FIG. 60.—THEKM.1^ OF CARACALLA.CENTRAL BLOCK PLAN OF erected by the emperors for this purpose were vast andcomplex congeries of large and small halls, courts, and cham-bers, combined with a masterly comprehension of artisticpropriety and effect in the sequence of oblong, square,…
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