The Wonders of Pompeii
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The Wonders of Pompeii is by Marc Monnier, translated from the original French. The text speaks of going to visit a small city subordinate to Rome, much less than Marseilles is to Paris, and a little more so than Geneva is to Berne. Excepting certain reservations, Pompeii formed a little world, apart, independent and complete in itself, with a miniature Senate composed of decurions.
Pompeii, which seemed to have no good luck, had been violently shaken by earthquake in the year B.C. 63. Several temples had toppled down along with the colonnade of the Forum, the great Basilica, and the theatres, without counting the tombs and houses. The text defines the peristyle as a real court or a garden surrounded with columns forming a portico. In the house of Pansa, the sixteen columns, although originally Doric, had been repaired in the Corinthian style by means of a replastering of stucco.
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- Marc Monnier
- Pages
- 90
- Language
- English
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- Ancient History
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