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 Roman Architecture. 49 entirely Etruscan type. To Lucumo Tarquinius Priscus — one of those early monarchs of Rome, round whose name so many legends have gathered — is ascribed the building of the Capitoline temple. The buildings erected in the earlier portion of the republic were of an exclusively utilitarian class. The Via Appia (Appian Way) and the long line of aqueducts of the Campagna are memorials -of this age (312 B.C.). In the latter days of the republic, however, Greek influence began to be felt, especially after the subjugation of Greece nnn p n 1 -^ r ] Fig:. 24.— Roman- Corinthian Capital. Fig;. 25. — Composite Capital. by the Romans (about 150 B.C.). The first fine temples of the Greek style and the earliest basilicas were built by Metellus, out of the booty "acqmred-'in the Macedo- nian wars. The basilicas were not only courts of justice, but market - places and exchanges. They consisted of a quadrangular hall; and the earliest specimens were quite open to the air. Later, an external wall took the place of the colonnade which surrounded the original basilica. The space required by the praetor for his court EHA . in.