Main Basilica Hallway                                  -      N      - 
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                                                        -      S      -

The alternate-support system of the building is used to partially
strengthen the two large piers to your left and right, and to stabilize this
central nave.  Six tall columns support the roof, and a large dome can be
seen sixty feet above you, roughly 30 feet in diameter.  Busy residents
conduct legal and political issues here, the essential backbone of
government takes place within these walls.  The hallway continues north and
south.  
A Diocletian scholar who studies law, reads a manuscript before you.
A Diocletian scholar who studies law, reads a manuscript before you.