A history of Rome (1917) (14577373798)

Identifier: historyofrome00myer (find matches)
Title: A history of Rome
Year: 1917 (1910s)
Authors: Myers, P. V. N. (Philip Van Ness), 1846-1937
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Publisher: Boston, New York (etc.) Ginn and company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress



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Fig. 44. The Pantheon, at Rome(Present condition) for eighteen centuries and more down to the present day. Theseapplications of the principle of the arch were the great contributionwhich the Roman architects made to the science and art of building.178. Sacred Edifices. The temples of the Romans were in generalso like those of the Greeks that we need not here take space to enterinto a particular description of them. Mention, however, should be 167 ■■f*ft
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oo CO o •fe <o wH «4; 168 §179) CIRCUSES, THEATERS, AMPHITHEATERS 169 * made of their circular vaulted temples, as this was a style of buildingalmost exclusively Italian. The best representative of this style ofsacred edifices is the Pantheon, at Rome, which has come down toour own times in a state of wonderful preservation. This structure isabout one hundred and forty feet in diameter. The immense con-crete dome which vaults the building is one of the boldest pieces ofmasonry executed by the master builders of the world. 179. Circuses, Theaters, and Amphitheaters. The circuses of theRomans were what we should call race courses. There were severalat Rome, the most celebrated being the Circus Maximus, which was mmw