The walls of the palaces were inlaid with precious metals, ebony, and ivory.Lucan thus describes the banqueting hall of Cleopatra :— Thick golden plates the latent beams infold,And the high roof was fretted oer with gold.Of solid marble all the walls were made,And onyx even the meaner floor…
Decoration and ornament
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