The architectural antiquities of Rome - University of Notre Dame ...
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TEMPLE OF ANTONJNUS AND FAUSTI NA.<br />
IN ITS PRESENT STATE<br />
PLATE LVII.<br />
Os the 5:)(:.-ed W:a)'· in or near to the Forum Ronu.num, is the Temple r.tUed by the Scn:!.le to<br />
Antoninus.andF:mstin:ahis.,.ifc,ru.theimtriptiononlhcan:hitraveimporu.<br />
<strong>The</strong> portico«>nsists <strong>of</strong> ten colum~. six <strong>of</strong> which form the front o( the Temple. <strong>The</strong> .shafts <strong>of</strong><br />
tbcsecolumnsare<strong>of</strong>cippolinomarble,each in011epiec:e.fourfc:et ten inches three tenths indi:unetcr.<br />
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front Ca1)5b.onc<strong>of</strong> the C)·clade~~ Island., in thcA~gean Sa.: and alluded to byStatius.t ··~on to:.<br />
aaxosa.Caryste;" and also by Lucan.:•·Qulm.arisangu~tat faucc:ssaxos:;~ C:ar)~tos." <strong>The</strong> green veins,<br />
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