It was a basilican church with nave, and aisles raised two steps above it. |
In 1989 the remains of a basilican drill and exercise hall was discovered, so far unique among the auxiliary forts of the Roman Empire. |
A basilican church with a centrally planned eastern end, Santo Spirito is ringed by semicircular chapels opening off the dome-vaulted side aisles, the transept, and the apse. |
For the most part, the Early Norman or basilican forms were too low to please them in their present enthusiasm. |
It is always probable that the basilican plan had its origin in a plan originally aisleless. |
The origin of this custom of hanging an Umbrella in the basilican churches is plain enough. |