Sophia was built under Justinian the first and he ordered many roman style corinthian columns and greek style hellenistic columns imported from Lebanon to support the structure.
Waves of transformation in Texas included cotton cattle and oil industry. Oil first strike in spindle top transformed Texas from an agriculture state to an industrial state, a petroleum power house. The oil was found on UT lands and this developed into a permanent university fund, wealthy oil men created charitable foundations for arts, education and social services which greatly benefited higher education.
