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Title: Handbook of archaeology, Egyptian - Greek - Etruscan - Roman
Year: 1867 (1860s)
Authors: Westropp, Hodder M. (Hodder Michael), -1884
Subjects: Art, Ancient Archaeology
Publisher: London, Bell and Daldy
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University

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us marbles. They wereapproached by a royal road, and were surrounded by porticoes; theemperor himself had a palace in it, and a private bath. Manymaster-pieces have been discovered here. The Hercules of Glycon,the Flora and the Toro Farnese were found in its ruins. Bathsof granite and basalt, with other treasures have been discoveredwithin its walls. Next to the Colosseum no ruins afford a greateridea of the magnificence of the structures of Imperial Rome. Size,grandeur, and solidity, with, however, a want of taste in the orna-mentation and minor details, were the chief characteristic featuresof Roman architecture. Diocletian erected baths on the Quirinal,and Titus on the Esquiline. They are inferior, however, in size andmagnificence to those of Caracalla. The baths of Titus are remark-able for the exquisite frescoes which were painted on its walls, andhave been imitated by Raphael. Agrippa also erected baths.Remains of them have been found in the rear of the Pantheon. The * See plan.
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8 I a III !J=I I III? a* _• £ !«; = #1 JJSZSI1.9! imiJMPHAL ARCHES. 77 site of the baths of Nero is uncertain. The baths of Pompeii arebuilt on a smaller scale, such as would be suited to a provincialtown. The Romans carried the luxurious practice of bathing intotheir remotest provinces. Remains of Roman baths are found inseveral parts of France and England.

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