Sergius Orata and other Romans Finish:Float frame 'Men bemoaning peace'

'Men bemoaning peace'

Elsie Howey (1884-1963) dressed as Joan of Arc on the day of Joan's beatification

000 American tickets got into the draw

The spiral staircase and a lift took them to viewing platforms modelled on the cathedral's dome

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Sergius Orata and other Romans Finish:Float frame 'Men bemoaning peace'Sergius Orata and other Romans, 1473 1480. Sergius Orata pointing to the hanging baths (balneae pensiles) invented by him; Sergius Orata inspecting his artificial preserves for sea fish; the profligate son of Aesop the tragedian feasting on priceless singing birds; the Roman women pleading against the lex Oppia, enacted to restrain feminine luxury. From Les faits et les dis des romains et de autres gens, produced in Paris. Illustration from