. The grandeur that was Rome; a survey of Roman culture and civilisation:. Plate 86. POMPEII : TWO VIEWS OF THE RUINS(See pp. 296-7) [p. 292 THE GROWTH OF THE EMPIRERoman archaeologists have recently worked out the historyof Imperial Art with some precision. The reign of Tiberiuscontinued the classical tendencies of Augustus. UnderClaudius there was great constructional activity, mainly of autilitarian character. The Claudian aqueduct, whose immensearches in brick still break the level horizon of the Campagna,is one of the greatest works of this period.* Neros was an ageof Greek curio-hunting;

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. The grandeur that was Rome; a survey of Roman culture and civilisation:. Plate 86. POMPEII : TWO VIEWS OF THE RUINS(See pp. 296-7) [p. 292 THE GROWTH OF THE EMPIRERoman archaeologists have recently worked out the historyof Imperial Art with some precision. The reign of Tiberiuscontinued the classical tendencies of Augustus. UnderClaudius there was great constructional activity, mainly of autilitarian character. The Claudian aqueduct, whose immensearches in brick still break the level horizon of the Campagna,is one of the greatest works of this period.* Neros was an ageof Greek curio-hunting; much of Rome was rebuilt after thegreat fire in his reign and the Golden House must have been astupendous sight. But on his death the Romans made hasteto obliterate all traces of his work. The Flavian epoch wasthe culminating-point of Roman art. Vespasian destroyedNeros Golden House and restored the Capitol. He and hissons built the baths of Titus, the Arch of Titus f with thecelebrated Jewish relief, and the mighty Flavian Amphitheatre,the Colosseum. J This was built

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