. The life of the Greeks and Romans. e to the temple; it may, indeed, be described as a pro-stylos hexastylos (see Fig. 409; scale,40 feet). It forms an all but perfectsquare, with a portico of six detachedcolumns added to it. The arrangementof the interior proves its destination asa family-grave : on three sides we seerows of narrow cellae or grave-cham-bers, while almost in the centre of thebuilding stands a structure of fourM III columns (tetrad ylos), most likely des-tined for the reception of the chiefsarcophagus. Another grave in theform of a tower is also found at Palmyra (Fig. 410 ; sc
. The life of the Greeks and Romans. e to the temple; it may, indeed, be described as a pro-stylos hexastylos (see Fig. 409; scale,40 feet). It forms an all but perfectsquare, with a portico of six detachedcolumns added to it. The arrangementof the interior proves its destination asa family-grave : on three sides we seerows of narrow cellae or grave-cham-bers, while almost in the centre of thebuilding stands a structure of fourM III columns (tetrad ylos), most likely des-tined for the reception of the chiefsarcophagus. Another grave in theform of a tower is also found at Palmyra (Fig. 410 ; scale, 24 feet),the front side of which shows the statue of the deceased in alying position ; while the interior contains, in different stories, anumber of niches for the reception of cinerary urns. All the monuments hitherto mentioned are, if not small, atleast of moderate dimensions; the increasing luxury of latertimes, however, also extended to grave monuments. This wasparticularly the case where the dignity of the State itself was. ¥5 Id, 409. TOMBS OF AUGUSTUS AND HADRIAN. 383 represented by the deceased person. The monument erected byAugustus to himself and his descendants shows colossal a square base rose an enormous round building (similar tothat of the tomb of Caecilia Metella), on whichwas heaped an additional tumulus, while under-neath it lay the imperial grave-chambers. Theenclosing walls are preserved sufficiently to givean idea of the original grandeur of the structure. When, in the course of a century, it had beenfilled with the remains of emperors, Hadriandetermined upon erecting a similar structure forhimself and his successors. The site chosen lay on the other side of the L,Tiber, opposite the tomb of Augustus, connected : i jST awith the city by means of the above-mentioned j. TpBfl-: ? jPons iElius (Figs. 369 and 370), at present m\ » •» «called Ponte S. Angelo. This tomb also con- Fig 41°sists of a square basis (90 metres), and, standing
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