. The grandeur that was Rome; a survey of Roman culture and civilisation:. bly more impressive in its ruins thanit was when it was draped with Hellenism, and, to me at least,remains like the aqueduct at Pont du Gard § and the Bridge ofAlcantara II seem truer witnesses of the grandeur of Rome thanall the marbles in all the museums. The celebrated Castle ofSt. Angelo, which still keeps watch and ward over the Tiber, isnothing but the core of Hadrians tomb—the Moles Hadriani—once clad in a vestment of Greek marbles and covered withGreek ornament.^ The Pantheon, in spite of the inscriptionwhich as
. The grandeur that was Rome; a survey of Roman culture and civilisation:. bly more impressive in its ruins thanit was when it was draped with Hellenism, and, to me at least,remains like the aqueduct at Pont du Gard § and the Bridge ofAlcantara II seem truer witnesses of the grandeur of Rome thanall the marbles in all the museums. The celebrated Castle ofSt. Angelo, which still keeps watch and ward over the Tiber, isnothing but the core of Hadrians tomb—the Moles Hadriani—once clad in a vestment of Greek marbles and covered withGreek ornament.^ The Pantheon, in spite of the inscriptionwhich ascribes it to Agrippa, is proved by the marks on itsbricks to be a restoration of Hadrians time. The plan is thatof a dome so constructed that if the sphere were complete itwould rest upon the earth. It is not, however, a true dome,since the roof was built as a cap upon a solid core afterwardsremoved. The magnificent interior has lost little of its ancientsplendour.** * Plate 75, Fig. i. + Plate 76. % Plate 77. § Plate Plate 81. 1 Plate 82. *♦ Plate 45. 294. Plate 87. POMPEII : HOUSE OF THE FRESCOES (See p. 297) THE GROWTH OF THE EMPIREFor temple architecture, although the Romans had adoptedthe forms of Greek art they had wholly deserted the spirit ofaustere self-restraint upon which that art had rested. Thusthey readily adopted the luxuriance of the East when it cameto hand. In the splendid ruins of Heliopolis (Baalbek) and
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