“The building, dating to the late Augustan period, presented the appearance of a two-storied cube. The ground floor is occupied by a wide hypostyle hall (13.5 x 15.7 m or 44 x 51.5 ft.) with four columns at its center, which was used for public...
“The porch has sixteen Egyptian grey and red granite columns, each 40 Roman feet in height and weighing about 84 tons. […] The diameter and height of the rotunda are exactly the same, 43.2 metres [meters] (140 feet). […] The walls of the...
"In plan it follows the Etruscan pattern. [...] Moreover, in an effort to approximate a peripteral Greek temple - while maintaining the basic Etruscan plan - the architect added a series of engaged Ionic half-columns around the cella's sides...
Temple of "Fortuna Virilis": "In plan it follows the Etruscan pattern. [...] Moreover, in an effort to approximate a peripteral Greek temple - while maintaining the basic Etruscan plan - the architect added a series of engaged Ionic...
