Roman cities in Italy and Dalmatia . each ending in a gateway flanked by pro-jecting octagonal towers. The defense is com-pleted by square towers at the four corners andby smaller towers between them and the Porta Aurea, by which we will enterthe palace, corresponded really to the Porta De-cumana of the camp, though it is on the somewhat resembles a triumphal arch, with itsniches to contain statues and busts. At the sametime it embodies striking premonitions of me-dieval design in the arcades surrounding theseniches in which we can see in embryo the arcadesthat formed the ma
Roman cities in Italy and Dalmatia . each ending in a gateway flanked by pro-jecting octagonal towers. The defense is com-pleted by square towers at the four corners andby smaller towers between them and the Porta Aurea, by which we will enterthe palace, corresponded really to the Porta De-cumana of the camp, though it is on the somewhat resembles a triumphal arch, with itsniches to contain statues and busts. At the sametime it embodies striking premonitions of me-dieval design in the arcades surrounding theseniches in which we can see in embryo the arcadesthat formed the main outside ornament of somany Lombard and Tuscan as well as of someByzantine churches. No other Roman monu-ment of the West foreshadows this scheme! Itis said that the imperial sculptures in the nicheswere destroyed by the hordes of the fifth other gates were plainer; the water gate(Porta Aenea), was necessarily insignificant,the Porta Argentea on the east is destroyedbut the Porta Ferrea on the west is well o en 5 o>> o o Q O c/:
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