. Architecture, classic and early Christian . liG. lui. Fig. IJO. FlCra. lie TO IJO.—i;:, THE FrET. OF GREEK ORNAMENT IN f 10. 121.—Elevaiios of an £TK^SCA^? (KtsroujiD PKuii only). CHAPTEr. VIII. ETKUSCAX AND ROMAN AKCIIITECTURE. Historical and General Sketch. qpj 4IE few grains of truth tliat we are able to sift fromX the of legend Avhich has accumulated roundthe early history of liome seem to indicate that at a veryearly period—whicli the generally received date of 753 be taken to fix as nearly as is now possible—a smalllia
. Architecture, classic and early Christian . liG. lui. Fig. IJO. FlCra. lie TO IJO.—i;:, THE FrET. OF GREEK ORNAMENT IN f 10. 121.—Elevaiios of an £TK^SCA^? (KtsroujiD PKuii only). CHAPTEr. VIII. ETKUSCAX AND ROMAN AKCIIITECTURE. Historical and General Sketch. qpj 4IE few grains of truth tliat we are able to sift fromX the of legend Avhich has accumulated roundthe early history of liome seem to indicate that at a veryearly period—whicli the generally received date of 753 be taken to fix as nearly as is now possible—a smallliand of outcasts and marauders settled themselves onthe Palatine Hill and commenced to carry on depreda-tions against the various cities of the tribes whose ter-ritories -were in the immediate neighbourhood, such asthe Umbrians, Sabincs, Samnites, Latins, and ?walled city Avas built, Avhich from its admirable situ-ation succeeded in attracting inhabitants in considerable ETRUSCxVN. 139 iiumljors, and speedily Lcgan to exercise supremacy overits iieigliboius. The most important of the neighbour-ing nations Avere the Etruscans
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