PO´DIUM
PO´DIUM is the name given to the continuous base
that forms the lower part of a wall or building. Thus it is used for the
side of the substructure on which a temple is raised (
Vitr. 3.3), for the marble panelling or “dado”
round the lower part of a wall (
Vitr. 7.4;
Plin. Ep. 5.6,
22), for the lower part of the scena-wall in a theatre, on which
columns rested (
Vitr. 5.7), or for the wall
surrounding the arena in an amphitheatre, and forming a basis for the seats
of the spectators [
AMPHITHEATRUM].
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