Epistulae morales ad Lucilium, 86.7

Item

Text Category
Literature: prose See all items with this value
Century Range
1st century CE See all items with this value
Location of Display
Rome See all items with this value
Author
Seneca the Younger See all items with this value
Reference
Epistulae morales ad Lucilium, 86.7
Language
Latin See all items with this value
Quotation
Quantum statuarum, quantum columnarum est nihil sustinentium, sed in ornamentum positarum inpensae causa!
Part of Speech
Noun See all items with this value
Type of Thing Ornamented
Architecture: Building: Civic Building See all items with this value
Object/ Person Ornamented
Baths of the Freedmen
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Architecture: Architectural Element See all items with this value
Medium/a Ornamenting
Columns that do not serve a structural purpose and simply provide an aesthetic of luxury and expense
Notes
Mentioned in juxtaposition with statues
Item Identifier
A00251
Determination
Derived directly from text
Item sets
1st century CE
Seneca the Younger
Architecture (Ornamented)
Civic Building
Building
Architecture (Ornamenting)
Architectural Element