The Oxford History Of The Classical World

(Marvins-Underground-K-12) #1

Composite Capital re-used in the Church of Santa Costanza in Rome. Dated on stylistic grounds to the early Augustan period (C.40-20BC), this is
one of the earliest examples of the new hybrid order which combines Ionic volutes with Corinthian acanthus leaves The first examples in position
on a dated building are those of the Arch of Titus (soon after A.D. 81).

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