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The Civilisation of the Renaissance in Italy

Note 411 — Chapter II · ROME, THE CITY OF RUINS.

S. G. C. (Samuel George Chetwynd) Middlemore translation

Poggii Opera, fol. 50 sqq. ‘Ruinarum Urbis Romæ Descriptio,’ written about 1430, shortly before the death of Martin V. The Baths of Caracalla and Diocletian had then their pillars and coating of marble. See Gregorovius, vi. 700-705.

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