THESSALONICA. 453 
three feet six inches; but the soil has increased chap. 
XI. 
so considerably, that all the lower part of their i^» * 
shafts is buried. 
After seeing the Incantadas, we went to the Rotunda. 
Rotunda ; an edifice built after the model of 
the Pantheon at Rome. The great prevalence of 
the worship of the Cabiri in Macedonia and 
Thrace has induced some to believe that this 
was a temple consecrated to their mysteries. 
Beaujour maintains, that he can prove this fact 
from the subjects represented upon the medals 
of Thessalonica, and that the temple was built 
under Trajan-. In the beautiful dome of this 
edifice there is a circular aperture, as in that of 
the Pantheon, The inside of the building is 
covered with Mosaic, like the dome of St. Sophia 
at Constantinople. In front of it, we saw a mag- 
nificent marble Bema, or pulpit, ornamented in 
basso-relievo. We saw, also at a fountain, part 
of an Inscription; mentioning the name, either 
of Cassander, or of some citizen of Cassaxdria, 
upon the Isthmus of P aliens'' : 
(2) Ibid. p. 36. 
(3) " lu Pallenensi Isthmo quondam PoTinsA, nunc Cassandria 
colonja." Plinio, Hist. Nat. lib. iv. cap. 10. torn. 1. p. 214. L. Bat. 
1635. KA2ANAPEIA, (rixjf Ma*i5»w'a,-, ». t. X. Slephan.Wh. Ae 
Urbib. &c. p. 457. L. Bat. 1688. Sed vide Holstenium. Not. et 
Castigat. ia Steph. Byzant. p. 164. L. Bat. 1684. 
