ETRUSCAN & ROMAN ARCHITECTURE 91
people lived dissolutely upon the spoils of the
conquered nations, her architecture became
more and more debased, and its story differed
little from that of Rome itself :
First freedom, and then glory—when that fails,
Wealth, vice, corruption—barbarism at last.
people lived dissolutely upon the spoils of the
conquered nations, her architecture became
more and more debased, and its story differed
little from that of Rome itself :
First freedom, and then glory—when that fails,
Wealth, vice, corruption—barbarism at last.