DOI Seite / Zitierlink:
https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.1082#0018
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lids were raised by rings. The whole was
2 feet 1 inch square.
Glass, as used in windows for the
transmission of light, was almost unknown
at Pompeii: indeed, 200 years later, we find
Vopiscus numbering this luxury amongst
the extravagancies of the merchant Fir-
mus, whose riches enabled him for some
time to contest the sovereignty of Egypt
with the troops of Aurelian.
The relievo representing Caryatides is
from the Royal Museum.
MOUNT VESUVIUS, OVER THE PLAIN AND
CITY OF POMPEII.
The site of Pompeii, under Vesuvius, is
marked by the long light line formed by
the ashes turned out of the excavations:
lids were raised by rings. The whole was
2 feet 1 inch square.
Glass, as used in windows for the
transmission of light, was almost unknown
at Pompeii: indeed, 200 years later, we find
Vopiscus numbering this luxury amongst
the extravagancies of the merchant Fir-
mus, whose riches enabled him for some
time to contest the sovereignty of Egypt
with the troops of Aurelian.
The relievo representing Caryatides is
from the Royal Museum.
MOUNT VESUVIUS, OVER THE PLAIN AND
CITY OF POMPEII.
The site of Pompeii, under Vesuvius, is
marked by the long light line formed by
the ashes turned out of the excavations: