De legibus, 2.65 (26)
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Literature: prose See all items with this value
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1st century BCE See all items with this value
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De legibus, 2.65 (26)
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… “ne quis sepulchrum faceret operosius quam quod decem homines effecerint triduo”; neque id opere tectorio exornari
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Verb (passive) See all items with this value
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Architecture: Monument: Funerary: tomb See all items with this value
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Tombs (of Solon's Athens, 6th century BC)
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Architecture: Architectural Element See all items with this value
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Visual Work: Painting: Wall Painting See all items with this value
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Wall painting (typically fresco). Translators of the passage sometimes prefer "stucco", but wall painting without any moulding is much more widely encountered in the archaeological remains. There is further a wider general consensus (met in architectural dictionaries, etc) that "opus tectorium" signifies wall painting
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Athenians
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A00147
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