Roman cities in Italy and Dalmatia . d out by the remainsof the objects themselves, give us the furnitureand furnishings of these houses at differenttimes in the way of couches and beds, tables andstands, chairs and stools, candelabra, vases, dishesand platters, drinking cups and ewers. There ishardly a thing left to conjecture. One may evengo so far as to say that the tally is almost as com-plete in those things of daily use as it is atPompeii. It is even more complete in the wayof costume and personal adornment, the Etrus-can Graeco-Campanian jewelry being wonder-fully exquisite and varied.
Roman cities in Italy and Dalmatia . d out by the remainsof the objects themselves, give us the furnitureand furnishings of these houses at differenttimes in the way of couches and beds, tables andstands, chairs and stools, candelabra, vases, dishesand platters, drinking cups and ewers. There ishardly a thing left to conjecture. One may evengo so far as to say that the tally is almost as com-plete in those things of daily use as it is atPompeii. It is even more complete in the wayof costume and personal adornment, the Etrus-can Graeco-Campanian jewelry being wonder-fully exquisite and varied. For every centurywe can say what was worn and used by thewealthy Etruscans and consequently by thewealthy Romans. I must not trespass further on this field, butmust return to the development of the housearchitecture. We had reached the stage of thecovered atrium, or atrium (cavaedium) displuvia^turn and testudinatum, the kind of house that wascommonly used, e. g. in the rebuilding of Romeafter the capture by the Gauls and throughout. c ci C c c C co
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