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History Of Masonry.
Thus flourished the royal art down to Constantine the Great , " who reared at Rome the last triumphal arch of the Augustan stile ; for he removed his throne to Byzantium , which he named Constantinople ; and carried away all the portable monuments of art from Italy , and the best artists , to embellish his new metropolis . He built there many artful piles , forums , hippodromes , temples or churches , porticoes ; fountains , a stately imperial palace and senate-house , a pillar of porphyry of eight stones , about 8 7 feet high above the pedestal , and the amazing serpentine pillar with his equestrian statue , , & c . [[ A . D ; 33 -l
Constans brought with him toRome the famous architect Hormisdas , the king of Persia ' s son , who was justly astonished at the ancient structure and statues , and declared them inimitable : for now all the arts dwindled at Rome , as they flourished at Constantinople . Nay , the Christians , in zeal against heathen idolatry , demolished many curious things , till the Roman empire was partitioned between two brothersValentinian and Valens . : ¦ :
, Valentinian was emperor of the west at Rome ; but this empire was soon engrossed by the eastern : Valens , emperor of the east at Constantinople , was distressed by the Goths , and died without issue . To the empire of the east succeeded Theodosius the Great , who gloried in being a patron of all the . designers and . opera tors , the same as grand master : and loved them so wellthat ba law he exempted
, y all the craft from taxation . [ A . D . 378 . ] The northern nations of Europe , the Goths , Vandals , Huns , Allemans , Henries , Sueves , Dacians , Alans , Franks , Gepidans , Saxons , Angles , Longobards , and many more , had gradually grown strong as the Roman power decayed , and invaded divers parts of the empire , even Italy itself ; over-running the polite world like a deluge , with
warlike rage and gross ignorance ,, the enemies of . arts and sciences . ButTheodosius for a while checked their career , and established himself sole emperor of the east and west . Unhappily he partitioned it again between his two sons , Honorius and Arcadius ; the latter of whom enriched the city of Constantinople with many superb structures , and a lofty pillar , with a flight of stairs in the centre of it , 147 feet hihTheodosius the also enriched the
g . Younger same city with many spoils of war from Greece , Egypt , and Asia ; and employed the craft in repairing and erecting additional works to the great church of St . Sophia . Justinian I . supported the lodges of artists or craftsmen , and restored the Roman empire to some degree of respect . £ A . T > . e , z 6 . ' 2 In zeal for the sciences in the extremest peril of lost
pure , now being , he sent his general , Belisarius , with a powerful army against Totila , the Goth , who with a multitude of savages had taken old Rome , and set it on fire ! The city continued burning for thirteen days together ; when about about two thirds of it was laid in ashes ; and all must have undergone . the same fate , but the dastardly crew were forced to fly on the approach of Belisarius . What they had demolished , soon brought on the destruction ofthe rest ; so that at this period may b «
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
History Of Masonry.
Thus flourished the royal art down to Constantine the Great , " who reared at Rome the last triumphal arch of the Augustan stile ; for he removed his throne to Byzantium , which he named Constantinople ; and carried away all the portable monuments of art from Italy , and the best artists , to embellish his new metropolis . He built there many artful piles , forums , hippodromes , temples or churches , porticoes ; fountains , a stately imperial palace and senate-house , a pillar of porphyry of eight stones , about 8 7 feet high above the pedestal , and the amazing serpentine pillar with his equestrian statue , , & c . [[ A . D ; 33 -l
Constans brought with him toRome the famous architect Hormisdas , the king of Persia ' s son , who was justly astonished at the ancient structure and statues , and declared them inimitable : for now all the arts dwindled at Rome , as they flourished at Constantinople . Nay , the Christians , in zeal against heathen idolatry , demolished many curious things , till the Roman empire was partitioned between two brothersValentinian and Valens . : ¦ :
, Valentinian was emperor of the west at Rome ; but this empire was soon engrossed by the eastern : Valens , emperor of the east at Constantinople , was distressed by the Goths , and died without issue . To the empire of the east succeeded Theodosius the Great , who gloried in being a patron of all the . designers and . opera tors , the same as grand master : and loved them so wellthat ba law he exempted
, y all the craft from taxation . [ A . D . 378 . ] The northern nations of Europe , the Goths , Vandals , Huns , Allemans , Henries , Sueves , Dacians , Alans , Franks , Gepidans , Saxons , Angles , Longobards , and many more , had gradually grown strong as the Roman power decayed , and invaded divers parts of the empire , even Italy itself ; over-running the polite world like a deluge , with
warlike rage and gross ignorance ,, the enemies of . arts and sciences . ButTheodosius for a while checked their career , and established himself sole emperor of the east and west . Unhappily he partitioned it again between his two sons , Honorius and Arcadius ; the latter of whom enriched the city of Constantinople with many superb structures , and a lofty pillar , with a flight of stairs in the centre of it , 147 feet hihTheodosius the also enriched the
g . Younger same city with many spoils of war from Greece , Egypt , and Asia ; and employed the craft in repairing and erecting additional works to the great church of St . Sophia . Justinian I . supported the lodges of artists or craftsmen , and restored the Roman empire to some degree of respect . £ A . T > . e , z 6 . ' 2 In zeal for the sciences in the extremest peril of lost
pure , now being , he sent his general , Belisarius , with a powerful army against Totila , the Goth , who with a multitude of savages had taken old Rome , and set it on fire ! The city continued burning for thirteen days together ; when about about two thirds of it was laid in ashes ; and all must have undergone . the same fate , but the dastardly crew were forced to fly on the approach of Belisarius . What they had demolished , soon brought on the destruction ofthe rest ; so that at this period may b «