. The story of architecture: an outline of the styles in all countries. $0&M^0Mi. Fig. 79.—The Mausoleum of Hadrian. peii and the Via Appia at Rome, but occasionally agreat mausoleum occupied a more imposing site. The Mausoleum of Hadrian (now the castle of ) was one of these, and its ruins still dominatethe right bank of the Tiber. Its architecture is bestexplained by the accompanying restoration (Fig. 79),which of many is held to be the most intelligent. It only remains to mention the basilicas, whichwere the law courts of Rome, and in time came to be 2i8 ETRURIA AND ROME. looked up
. The story of architecture: an outline of the styles in all countries. $0&M^0Mi. Fig. 79.—The Mausoleum of Hadrian. peii and the Via Appia at Rome, but occasionally agreat mausoleum occupied a more imposing site. The Mausoleum of Hadrian (now the castle of ) was one of these, and its ruins still dominatethe right bank of the Tiber. Its architecture is bestexplained by the accompanying restoration (Fig. 79),which of many is held to be the most intelligent. It only remains to mention the basilicas, whichwere the law courts of Rome, and in time came to be 2i8 ETRURIA AND ROME. looked upon as bourses or stock exchanges as well,since every such building was provided with courtsand porticoes where important business transactionswere carried on, and where client cs and freed menawaited their lords. The basilica itself consisted of a lofty oblongchamber, divided into a nave and side aisles by meansof columns, and followed by a transept terminatingin a semicircular apse. This contained the chair ofthe qucestor (magistrate or judge). The ceilings were either flat
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