Epistulae, 10.70.1

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Text Category
Literature: prose
Century Range
Location of Display
Author
Pliny the Younger
Reference
Epistulae, 10.70.1
Quotation
Per hoc enim consequemur, ut foedissima facies civitatis ornetur, atque etiam ut ipsa civitas amplietur nec ulla aedificia tollantur, sed quae sunt vetustate sublapsa relaxentur in melius.
Part of Speech
Type of Thing Ornamented
Location: City
Architecture: Public Space
Object/ Person Ornamented
A space in Prusa, Bithynia, where there are only ruins
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Architecture: Building: Civic Building: Baths
Medium/a Ornamenting
New Baths
Person Engaged in Act of Ornamenting
Trajan (with Pliny's help)
Item Identifier
A00299
Determination
Derived directly from text