Excerpt from La Société Française du Xvie Siècle au Xxe Siècle: Xviiie Siècle; Amateurs Et Artistes; Manieurs d'Argent Et Fermiers Généraux; Femmes Et Salons du Xviiie Siècle; La Société Polie Pendant le Régne de Louis XVI; Figures de Favorites; La Vie Mondaine A Paris de 1789 A 1793
Annibal portait toujours avec lui un merveilleux Her cule en bronze, de Lysippe, haut d'un pied, qui avait appartenu à Alexandre. Beaucoup de ces curieux ouvrent leurs galeries ou Pinacothèques au public d'ailleurs Auguste ordonna que les collections privées fussent ouvertes à certains jours, comme le sont aujourd'hui celles des palais romains Son fidèle Agrippa avait donné l'exemple, léguant au peuple ses thermes, ses jardins, faisant construire 700 abreuvoirs, 106 fontaines, 130 réservoirs, avec 300 statues et 400 colonnes.
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