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A history of all nations from the earliest times; being a universal historical library . FiG. 72. Bestiain (out* ndiiiK ^\lth wild amiiials , in the backgiound the Thedtie ofMarcellus. Bas-relief. (Mon. iued. dell Inst, arch.) theatre (Figs. 72-74) also followed Roman sway. In the wake ofthe legions went everywhere the architect, who built an arena with itstiers of seats (Plate XIIL). Only the inhabitants of Greece heldaloof from this phase of Roman civilization. The desire for travel developed greatly. In the second centuryHellenes did not shrink from journeys to Arabia, India, and the funeral ceremonies the consumption of Indian and Arabian per-fumes was enormous; the urns for the ashes, and the sarcophagi forthe tombs, made of rare kinds of stone or of glass, were exceedinglycostly. The fashion of erecting massive monuments to the dead stead-. < SPORTS AND TRAVEL. 169 55 .2 - 3 ^T f^ =zr s ?ÖJ OJ s 2i -; d Cä p <*! - o -Si o r,, a <D ^ „^ ^ ^ ^ c« <B -J3 -3? ?i a I S ^ 3 ^ =S

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