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AUGUSTUS J. C. HARE
The Pantheon, the most perfect pagan building in the city, was built / B. C. 27, by Marcus Agrippa, the bosom friend of Augustus / Cesar, and the second husband of his daughter Julia. The inscription, / in huge letters, perfectly legible from beneath, "M. Agrippa, L. F. / Cos. Tertium Fecit," records its construction. Another inscription / on the architrave, now almost illegible, records its restoration / under Septimius Severus and his son Caracalla, _c._ 202, who, / "_Pantheum vetustate corruptum cum omni cultur restitverunt._" / Some authorities have maintained that the Pantheon was originally only / a vast hall in the baths of Agrippa, acknowledged remains of which / exist at no great distance; but the name "Pantheum" was in use as early / as A. D. 59.