The source of eight columns incorporated into the Hagia Sophia, used by Brownworth to illustrate the scale of Justinian's ambition in drawing building materials from the most venerable monuments of the old Roman world.
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The source of eight columns incorporated into the Hagia Sophia, used by Brownworth to illustrate the scale of Justinian's ambition in drawing building materials from the most venerable monuments of the old Roman world.
“the empire, eight columns from the Temple of the Sun in Rome, green marble from Ephesus,”
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