 Within its area were corn fields, vineyards, pastures, and woods, containing a vast number of animals of various kinds, both wild and tame. In other parts it was entirely overlaid with gold, and adorned with jewels and mother of pearl.  The Lives of the Twelve Caesars - Strona 347autor: Suetonius - 1893 - Liczba stron: 557Pełny widok - Informacje o książce
 | S. Russell Forbes - 1882 - Liczba stron: 386
...parts it was entirely overlaid with gold, and adorned with jewels and motherof-pearl. The supper-rooms were vaulted, and compartments of the ceilings, inlaid...scatter flowers, while they contained pipes which shed scents upon the guests. The chief banqueting room was circular, and revolved perpetually, night... | |
 | David L. Bartlett - 1886 - Liczba stron: 318
...pearl. " The supper rooms were vaulted, and compartments of the ceiling, inlaid with ivory and gold, were made to revolve and scatter flowers, while they contained pipes which shed perfumes upon the guests. The chief banquet room was circular, and revolved perpetually night... | |
 | Hezekiah Butterworth - 1892 - Liczba stron: 332
...in it a colossal statue of himself a hundred and twenty feet in height ; and the space included iu it was so ample that it had triple porticos a mile...scatter flowers, while they contained pipes which shed unguents upon the guests. The chief banqueting room was circular, and revolved perpetually, night... | |
 | William Richard Lethaby - 1892 - Liczba stron: 292
...parts it was entirely overlaid with gold, and adorned with gold and mother-of-pearl. The supper-rooms were vaulted, and compartments of the ceilings, inlaid...scatter flowers ; while they contained pipes which shed unguents upon the guests. The chief banqueting-room was circular, and revolved perpetually, night... | |
 | Joseph Marstain Fort - 1892 - Liczba stron: 746
...adorned with jewels and motherof-pearl. The supper-rooms were vaulted, and compartments of the ceiling inlaid with ivory were made to revolve and scatter flowers, while they contained pipes which shed perfumes upon the guests. The chief banqueting room was circular and revolved perpetually night... | |
 | Henry Clay Sheldon - 1894 - Liczba stron: 646
...A special feature in Nero's palace was the provision for luxurious banqueting. ' ' The supper-rooms were vaulted ; and compartments of the ceilings, inlaid...scatter flowers, while they contained pipes which shed unguents upon the guests. The chief banqueting-room was circular, and revolved perpetually, night... | |
 | Suetonius - 1896 - Liczba stron: 576
...number of animals of various kinds, both wild and tame. In other parts it was entirely over-laid witi1 gold, and adorned with jewels and mother of pearl....the middle ages, as we find in Ordericus Vitalis. 2 The Mazacans were an African tribe from the deserts in the interior, famous for their spirited barbs,... | |
 | George Willis Botsford, Lillie M. Shaw Botsford - 1903 - Liczba stron: 354
...the palace was entirely overlaid with gold and adorned with jewels and mother of pearl. The dining rooms were vaulted, and compartments of the ceilings, inlaid with ivory, were made to revolve and The scatter flowers ; they contained pipes, too, which shed unguents upon the guests. . . . When he... | |
 | 1908 - Liczba stron: 404
...Suetonius, "this house was entirely overlaid with gold and adorned with jewels and motherof-pearl. The supper rooms were vaulted, and compartments of...with ivory, were made to revolve and scatter flowers; moreover, they were provided with pipes which shed essences on the guests. The chief banqueting room... | |
 | George Willis Botsford, Lillie M. Shaw Botsford - 1912 - Liczba stron: 616
...the palace was entirely overlaid with gold and adorned with jewels and mother of pearl. The dining rooms were vaulted, and compartments of the ceilings,...with ivory, were made to revolve and scatter flowers; they contained pipes, too, which shed unguents upon the guests. . . . When he dedicated this magnificent... | |
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