A Description of the Antiquities And Other Curiosities of Rome From Personal Obs
A Description of the Antiquities And Other Curiosities of Rome From Personal Obs
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Winkelmann (^ex- presses some doubts whether it is really a statue of the great man whose name it bears. The head resembles others which remain to us of Pompey : but it seems not to have been originally made for the body. The left hand holds a globe.
THEATRE OF MARCELLUS.
The second theatre in Rome was that which bears the name of Marcellus, though it was begun by J. Caesar, and finished by Augustus. It has been asserted that Vitru- vius was the architect of it, but there seems no good evidence... to support such an opinion. He speaks highly in commendation of the beauty of the building. It was dedicated U. C. 743- (2) The stage was repaired by Ve- spasian ; and it seems after that to have suffered by fire or some other calamity, as Lampridius mentions the intention of Alex- ander Severus to repair it. (3) Considerable remains of it are still to be seen in the Piazza Montana ra: and Baldassare Peruzzi, who built the Savelli Palace upon the site (1) Lib. Vi- c. 5 5. I']. (i) IMin. Lib. Viii.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
Winkelmann (^ex- presses some doubts whether it is really a statue of the great man whose name it bears. The head resembles others which remain to us of Pompey : but it seems not to have been originally made for the body. The left hand holds a globe.
THEATRE OF MARCELLUS.
The second theatre in Rome was that which bears the name of Marcellus, though it was begun by J. Caesar, and finished by Augustus. It has been asserted that Vitru- vius was the architect of it, but there seems no good evidence... to support such an opinion. He speaks highly in commendation of the beauty of the building. It was dedicated U. C. 743- (2) The stage was repaired by Ve- spasian ; and it seems after that to have suffered by fire or some other calamity, as Lampridius mentions the intention of Alex- ander Severus to repair it. (3) Considerable remains of it are still to be seen in the Piazza Montana ra: and Baldassare Peruzzi, who built the Savelli Palace upon the site (1) Lib. Vi- c. 5 5. I']. (i) IMin. Lib. Viii.
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