History of mediæval art . tury,relate that one Theophilus, a rich citizen of Antioch, gave the greatbasilica of his house to the Christians as a hall for gatherings. * History of Ancient Art, by Dr. Franz von Reber. Revised by the author; trans-lated and augmented by Joseph Thacher Clarke. Harper & Brothers, New York. 2 18 EARLY CHRISTIAN AND BYZANTINE ARCHITECTURE. Similar accounts have been handed down by Hieronymus (Ep. adOcean.) concerning the basilica in the Palace of the Lateran, whichwas famous even as early as the first century of our era; and alsoby Ammianus Marcellinus (xxvii. 3), wh
History of mediæval art . tury,relate that one Theophilus, a rich citizen of Antioch, gave the greatbasilica of his house to the Christians as a hall for gatherings. * History of Ancient Art, by Dr. Franz von Reber. Revised by the author; trans-lated and augmented by Joseph Thacher Clarke. Harper & Brothers, New York. 2 18 EARLY CHRISTIAN AND BYZANTINE ARCHITECTURE. Similar accounts have been handed down by Hieronymus (Ep. adOcean.) concerning the basilica in the Palace of the Lateran, whichwas famous even as early as the first century of our era; and alsoby Ammianus Marcellinus (xxvii. 3), who speaks of the BasilicaSicinini—which in later ages appears to have become the BasilicaLiberiana (S. Maria Maggiore)—having been used by the early Christian churches may, with reasonable probability, beconsidered to have been remodelled from the great halls of Romandwellings, although it cannot be directly proved that these were atany time employed originally as private basilicas. Such is the Ba-.
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