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History Of Masonry.
their patron , took the great rival of Rome , Carthage , which he demolished , against his own inclination , by command of the senate ; while their consul Mummius the same year sacked Corinth , the wealthy queen of Greece . £ A . M . 3 S 5 S . A .- It . 603 . Before Christ 146 . 3 Nothing can better illustrate the crude conceptions the Romans
as yet entertained of polite arts , than the ignorant stipulation their victorious consul Mummius made with the masters of the transports , hy whom he sent to Rome , among his spoils , some exquisite paintings , statues , and other masterpieces of Grecian workmanshi p—* ' that whatever was lost , broke , or damaged , they should supply " their places with others equally good ! " Both these generals
dis-played rich collections of portable \ vorks of art , which they acquired by their swords ; but the Romans at length grew wise enough to furnish themselves in a more laudable manner , by inviting home the most able professors both of sciences and mechanical arts . After which , stately edifices began to rise at Rome , in the finest Grecian stile ; as the famous palace of Paultts Emilius of the best Phrygian
marble : the triumphal arch of Marius at Orange in Gaul , the three surprising theatres of Scaurus at Rome , & c . the one held So , ooo people at shews or plays . It had three scenes or lofts , one above another , with 3 60 columns ; the first of marble , each 38 feet high ; the second row was of crystal , and the third of gilded wood ; be-. tween the columns were 3000 statues of brass . The other two
theatres were of wood , sustained on great axles , whereon they could be turned round , and joined in one great amphitheatre . Sylla brought the columns of the temple of Jupiter Olyirnpus from Greece , to adorn the temple of Jupiter Capitolinus at Rome ; after the old one , built by Tarquinius Superbus , was burnt ; in whose time Jupiter was only of claybut was now of gold .
, pure Lucullus , the learned and brave , erected a fine library , and a splendid house with gardens , in the Asiatic stile . Pompey the Great built a theatre that held 40 , 000 people at the shews , near hispalace , and his temple of History .
These , and the other great men , during the Roman republic , much encouraged architects and masons as their patrons ; and in their absence , the consul resident , or the hi gh-priest of Rome , or . thearch-flamin , or some othergreat man on the spot , thought it his . honour to be the patron of arts and sciences ( what we now call grand master ) , attended duly by the most ingenious of the fraternity , till the republic was near its exit b y the competition of Pompey
and Cassar for pre-eminence in tyranny over their country . But Pompey being routed at Pharsalia / and murdered by the Egyptians in his flig ht , the republic expired under the feet of Julius Caesar . Caesar , now perpetual dictator and imperator , was a learned geometrician , architect , engineer , and astronomer . Being high-priest , he called in the assistance of the best mathematicians and philosophers of his time , to settle the Roman calendar , which % vas then very irregular ; not having been regulated since the time of Numa ., and then
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History Of Masonry.
their patron , took the great rival of Rome , Carthage , which he demolished , against his own inclination , by command of the senate ; while their consul Mummius the same year sacked Corinth , the wealthy queen of Greece . £ A . M . 3 S 5 S . A .- It . 603 . Before Christ 146 . 3 Nothing can better illustrate the crude conceptions the Romans
as yet entertained of polite arts , than the ignorant stipulation their victorious consul Mummius made with the masters of the transports , hy whom he sent to Rome , among his spoils , some exquisite paintings , statues , and other masterpieces of Grecian workmanshi p—* ' that whatever was lost , broke , or damaged , they should supply " their places with others equally good ! " Both these generals
dis-played rich collections of portable \ vorks of art , which they acquired by their swords ; but the Romans at length grew wise enough to furnish themselves in a more laudable manner , by inviting home the most able professors both of sciences and mechanical arts . After which , stately edifices began to rise at Rome , in the finest Grecian stile ; as the famous palace of Paultts Emilius of the best Phrygian
marble : the triumphal arch of Marius at Orange in Gaul , the three surprising theatres of Scaurus at Rome , & c . the one held So , ooo people at shews or plays . It had three scenes or lofts , one above another , with 3 60 columns ; the first of marble , each 38 feet high ; the second row was of crystal , and the third of gilded wood ; be-. tween the columns were 3000 statues of brass . The other two
theatres were of wood , sustained on great axles , whereon they could be turned round , and joined in one great amphitheatre . Sylla brought the columns of the temple of Jupiter Olyirnpus from Greece , to adorn the temple of Jupiter Capitolinus at Rome ; after the old one , built by Tarquinius Superbus , was burnt ; in whose time Jupiter was only of claybut was now of gold .
, pure Lucullus , the learned and brave , erected a fine library , and a splendid house with gardens , in the Asiatic stile . Pompey the Great built a theatre that held 40 , 000 people at the shews , near hispalace , and his temple of History .
These , and the other great men , during the Roman republic , much encouraged architects and masons as their patrons ; and in their absence , the consul resident , or the hi gh-priest of Rome , or . thearch-flamin , or some othergreat man on the spot , thought it his . honour to be the patron of arts and sciences ( what we now call grand master ) , attended duly by the most ingenious of the fraternity , till the republic was near its exit b y the competition of Pompey
and Cassar for pre-eminence in tyranny over their country . But Pompey being routed at Pharsalia / and murdered by the Egyptians in his flig ht , the republic expired under the feet of Julius Caesar . Caesar , now perpetual dictator and imperator , was a learned geometrician , architect , engineer , and astronomer . Being high-priest , he called in the assistance of the best mathematicians and philosophers of his time , to settle the Roman calendar , which % vas then very irregular ; not having been regulated since the time of Numa ., and then