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POMPEIANA. 73
art. Temples, aediculae, triumphal arches,
sepulchres, villas, groves, gardens, were
thrown together in the most picturesque
irregularity; porticoes afforded shade, and
inns shelter, refreshment, or repose to the
traveller; who beheld, as he approached,
the increasing capital thus stretched out
in beautiful and endless suburbs■; for the
Romans, in this prosperous age, were very
far from entertaining a suspicion that it
could ever become necessary to surround
the seat of empire with walls.
v The sepulchres occupying the sides of
the public ways of course varied in mag-
nificence, according to the taste or spirit
and affluence of the patron; by whom
they were considered as the last home after
this life; the only property which did not
descend to, and was not liable to be squan-
dered by the extravagant heir. Their
beauty and interest were increased, not
more from the taste or want of it, dis-
1 Exspatiantibus tectis multas additas urbes.
Pliny, H. N.
art. Temples, aediculae, triumphal arches,
sepulchres, villas, groves, gardens, were
thrown together in the most picturesque
irregularity; porticoes afforded shade, and
inns shelter, refreshment, or repose to the
traveller; who beheld, as he approached,
the increasing capital thus stretched out
in beautiful and endless suburbs■; for the
Romans, in this prosperous age, were very
far from entertaining a suspicion that it
could ever become necessary to surround
the seat of empire with walls.
v The sepulchres occupying the sides of
the public ways of course varied in mag-
nificence, according to the taste or spirit
and affluence of the patron; by whom
they were considered as the last home after
this life; the only property which did not
descend to, and was not liable to be squan-
dered by the extravagant heir. Their
beauty and interest were increased, not
more from the taste or want of it, dis-
1 Exspatiantibus tectis multas additas urbes.
Pliny, H. N.