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Title: A general history for colleges and high schools
Year: 1889 (1880s)
Authors: Myers, Philip Van Ness, 1846- (from old catalog)
Subjects: World history
Publisher: Boston, Ginn & company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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re-garded at first simply as a troublesome necessity, became in time aluxurious art. Under the republic, bathing-houses were erected inconsiderable numbers. But it was during the imperial period thatthose magnificent structures to which the name of Thermae prop-erly attaches, were erected. These edifices were among the mostelaborate and expensive of the imperial works. They containedchambers for cold, hot, tepid, sudatory, and swimming baths; ^ Several of these are still in use. MEMORIAL AR CHITE CTURE. 353 dressing-rooms and gymnasia j museums and libraries; coveredcolonnades for lounging and conversation, extensive grounds filledwith statues and traversed by pleasant walks; and every otheradjunct that could add to the sense of luxury and relaxation. Be-ing intended to exhibit the liberality of their builders, they werethrown open to the public free of charge. Memorial Architecture. — Among the memorial structures ofthe Romans, their triumphal arches are especially characteristic.
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ARCH OF CONSTANTINE. These were modelled after the city gates, being constructed withsingle and with triple archways. Two of the most noted monu-ments of this character, and the most interesting because of theirhistoric connections, are the Arch of Titus (see p. 315) and theArch of Constantine, both of which are still standing. The Archof Constantine was intended to commemorate the victory of thatemperor over his rival Maxentius, which event established Chris-tianity as the imperial and favored religion of the empire. 354 LITERATURE, PHILOSOPHY, AND LAW. 2. Literature, Philosophy, and Law. Relation of Roman to Greek Literature: the Poets of theRepublican Era. — Latin literature was almost wholly imitativeor borrowed, being a reproduction of Greek models ; still it per-formed a most important service for civilization : it was the mediumfor the dissemination throughout the world of the rich literary-treasures of Greece. It was the dramatic productions of the Greeks which were firststu

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