The colonnade of the two-story Basilica, Lepcis Magna, Libya.
The wooden ceiling has long been destroyed.
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The emperor was responsible for building a magnificent new forum there, as well as a magnificent cathedral, with a long central aisle and two ends closed by the apse (Figure 7.62).
Both emperors decorated their hometown city with new buildings.
Early3rdcentury provides access to the side aisles, which are lower than the nave to provide a skylight at the upper part of the wall.
From the reading history of “Jinson’s History of Art – THEWESTERN RADIATION/Eighth Edition/Jason’s Art History – Western Tradition/Eighth Edition”.
Lepcis Magna, the hometown of Severus, is located in what is now Libya and is well preserved.
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Architecture in the Provinces/By the early second century, Roman emperors are unique from Italy; TrajancamefromSpainandSeptimiusSeveruswasfromNorthAfrica.Bothemperorsembellishedtheirnativecitieswithnewconstruction.Severus’home,LepcisMagna,inpresent-dayLibya,remainsremarkablywellpreserved.Theemperorwasresponsibleforagrandnewforumthere,andamagnificentbasilicawithalongcentralaisleclosedbyanapseateitherend(fig.7.62).Colonnadesintwostoriesprovideaccesstothesideaisles, whichwerelowerthanthenavetopermitclerestorywindowsintheupperpartofthewall.Thewoodenceilinghaslongsinceperished.／ By the beginning of the second century AD, Roman emperors were no longer entirely from Italy; Trajan is from Spain, and Septimius Severus is from North Africa.
