Great Colonnade at Apamea overhauled drainage system. Justinian's changes included erecting a monumental "tetrastylon" made up of four high columns with a meter-high capitals. The city, was however, later sacked by the Sasanians under Adarmahan. Great Colonnade at Apamea The Great Colonnade at Apamea was the main colonnaded avenue of the ancient city of Apamea in the Orontes River valley in northwestern Syria. It was built in the second century CE after Apamea's devastation in the 115 earthquake. The avenue, which runs for nearly , made up the city's north-south axis, or the "cardo maximus". The monumental colonnade is among the longest and most
Now That's What I Call Music! 28 (U.S. series) Now That's What I Call Music! 28 (U.S. series) Now That's What I Call Music! 28 was released on June 3, 2008. The album is the 28th edition of the (U.S.) Now! series. It debuted at number two on the "Billboard" 200 with opening week sales of 185,000 units, and was certified Platinum by the RIAA on August 1, 2008. "Now! 28" features two "Billboard" Hot 100 number-one hits, "Bleeding Love" and "Lollipop". For only the second time, a "Now!" album in the main U.S. series features a Spanish track, "Te Quiero", following the inclusion of "La Tortura" by Shakira