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led up in
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, attest, without fc
ad indicated
lugebkxtoof^
mJ measuring
feet in length. Slabs, probably from the cellas of temples,
covered with inscriptions, are used as material to a very great
extent. I copied inscriptions from upwards of fifty of these,
all of an age perhaps one or two centuries before our sera.
The sarcophagi, which extend half a mile to the west, must
also rank with this state of the city. A few Greek coins
are found in the ruins, but they are very scarce.
My next description carries us to an age probably two
or three centuries subsequent to the Christian sera. The
whole of the temples and public buildings, excepting only
the stadium (which, by a wall built across it near the cir-
cular end, seems to have been converted into an amphi-
theatre) must have been demolished; for a city arose sur-
rounded by walls two miles in circuit, with gates of triple
arches to the west, east, and south: these walls are com-
posed of the remains of temples, tombs, and theatres, re-
moved, although uninjured. The reversed inscriptions and
inverted bas-reliefs bear testimony to the change ; and the
beautiful cornices of Greek Pagan temples are now rudely
carved with inscriptions, and placed over the gateways, re-
cording the changed religion and the age in which they were
piled up. Even the Pagan name of the city was changed,
for in one inscription it appears to be called Tauropolis.
The Cross, with the alpha and omega, and other mono-
grams used by the early Christians, are the emblems over
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the gates. Sarcophagi within the walls tell the end of many
of the wealthy Christian inhabitants; and others are regis-
APIIKODISIAS.
253
I III
epos:
eculiariv
■
Ike material
rf many of its
' W centuri
" :. r.:.
d repay the
taini
stoodikl
rUe fluted colum
i left uncut i
iptioos that they *•
on their original b
-to, the
ot% I judge I
led up in
^ different «*»*
, attest, without fc
ad indicated
lugebkxtoof^
mJ measuring
feet in length. Slabs, probably from the cellas of temples,
covered with inscriptions, are used as material to a very great
extent. I copied inscriptions from upwards of fifty of these,
all of an age perhaps one or two centuries before our sera.
The sarcophagi, which extend half a mile to the west, must
also rank with this state of the city. A few Greek coins
are found in the ruins, but they are very scarce.
My next description carries us to an age probably two
or three centuries subsequent to the Christian sera. The
whole of the temples and public buildings, excepting only
the stadium (which, by a wall built across it near the cir-
cular end, seems to have been converted into an amphi-
theatre) must have been demolished; for a city arose sur-
rounded by walls two miles in circuit, with gates of triple
arches to the west, east, and south: these walls are com-
posed of the remains of temples, tombs, and theatres, re-
moved, although uninjured. The reversed inscriptions and
inverted bas-reliefs bear testimony to the change ; and the
beautiful cornices of Greek Pagan temples are now rudely
carved with inscriptions, and placed over the gateways, re-
cording the changed religion and the age in which they were
piled up. Even the Pagan name of the city was changed,
for in one inscription it appears to be called Tauropolis.
The Cross, with the alpha and omega, and other mono-
grams used by the early Christians, are the emblems over
rr
€
:>
the gates. Sarcophagi within the walls tell the end of many
of the wealthy Christian inhabitants; and others are regis-