Hamlin, A. D. F. (Alfred Dwight Foster), 1855-1926 · New York [etc.] Longmans, Green, and co. · leaf 134
.C., and itwas not until ninetyyears later that stonewas first substitutedfor the more perishablematerial, in the theatreof Pompey. The The-atre of Marcellus (23-13 B.C.) is in part stillextant, and later the-atres in Pompeii, Orange (France), and in the Asiatic prov-inces are in excellent… … FIO. 61.—ROMAN THEAI RE. ( HERCULANUM.) (From model.) 102 HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE. arches, and sometimes roofed with wood, and an arcade orcolonnade surrounded the upper tier of seats. The amphi-theatre was a still more distinctively Roman edifice. It waselliptical in plan, surrounding an…
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