A dictionary of Greek and Roman antiquities.. . TEMPLUM. II. The Peripteros had a circular cella sur-rounded by a single peristyle of columns, standingon three steps, and the whole surmounted by adome. Specimens are preserved in the so-calledtemples of Vesta at Rome (see wood-cut on p. 299)and at Tivoli..

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RM2AKPK2P–A dictionary of Greek and Roman antiquities.. . £3-. TEMPLUM. II. The Peripteros had a circular cella sur-rounded by a single peristyle of columns, standingon three steps, and the whole surmounted by adome. Specimens are preserved in the so-calledtemples of Vesta at Rome (see wood-cut on p. 299)and at Tivoli.

RM2ANHE77–A dictionary of Greek and Roman antiquities.. . These were the chief normal forms of quadran-gular temples. The variations made upon them,especially by the union of two or more temples inone building, were very numerous. (See Hirt,Stieglitz, and the other authorities.) One formdeserves particular notice, inasmuch as it wascertainly very ancient, and some writers havesupposed that it contained the germs of all theother forms ; this was what Vitruvius called theTuscan Temple. (Vitruv. iv. 7.) The passage of TEMPLUM. 1109 Vitruvius is very difficult, and has been differentlyexplained. (Comp. Stie

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RM2AJK2WR–School dictionary of Greek and Roman antiquities . But the word familia is sometimes limitedto signify persons, that is, all those whoare in the power of a paterfamilias, such ashis sons {Jilii-famiUas), daughters, grand-children, and slaves. Sometimes familia is used to signify theslaves belonging to a person, or to a body ofpersons {societas). FANUM. [Templum.] FARTOR, .. slave who fattened poultry. FASCES, rods bound in the form of abundle, and containing an axe (securis) inthe middle, the iron of which projectedfrom them. These rods were carried bylietor« before the superior magistrates at

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