. The story of architecture: an outline of the styles in all countries. m. ga jga «- • - - „ ** -us v. • * > -■- ; Fig. 6g.—Section of the Pantheon at Rome. light, and as the building has no windows, this onemeans of illumination is shared by seven chapels aswell as the entire edifice. Though the Pantheon is supposed to have beenbuilt in the reign of Augustus, it was restored after 200 ETRURIA AND ROME. the conflagration by Hadrian, and later, in 202 A. D.,by Septimius Severus; nevertheless it stands as one of Fig. 70.—Ground plan of the Pantheon at Rome. the great legacies of the ancient w
. The story of architecture: an outline of the styles in all countries. m. ga jga «- • - - „ ** -us v. • * > -■- ; Fig. 6g.—Section of the Pantheon at Rome. light, and as the building has no windows, this onemeans of illumination is shared by seven chapels aswell as the entire edifice. Though the Pantheon is supposed to have beenbuilt in the reign of Augustus, it was restored after 200 ETRURIA AND ROME. the conflagration by Hadrian, and later, in 202 A. D.,by Septimius Severus; nevertheless it stands as one of Fig. 70.—Ground plan of the Pantheon at Rome. the great legacies of the ancient world and still per-forms its duty as a house of God. Triumphal A relics and Co/11 inns. Whenever a triumph was decreed, it was the cus-tom of the whole Senate to march forth to the PortaCapena, or entrance to Rome by the Appian Way,and from thence to escort the conqueror beneath. fife:.. :\m3 Plate XXV.—Arch of Titus. 202 ETRURIA AXD ROME. triumphal arches through the city, and if the herochanced to be an emperor or sufficiently influential, aspecial arch was dedicated to him. The Romans were the first people to erect thisform of monument, unless we consider the red-arrow
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