Roman And Greek Architecture
Very little is known about exactly how the Roman Empire began. One myth is that twin brothers Romulos and Remus settled on palattine hill in about 753 B.C. The first known inhabitants, the Latins, settled there in about 1000 B.C. The city was taken over by the most civilized culture in Italy, the Etruscans. Many shepherds and farmers prospered there and the city grew. In 509 B.C., the Roman people drove out the Etruscans and began to set up what would become one of the largest, most illustrious empires in Europe. Roman architecture was greatly influenced by the bland and uncreative style of Etruscan architecture. From the Etruscans they adopted the semicircular arch, the vault, and the dome. Roman architecture also took elements of Greek architecture, most likely because the two empires were geographically close. The architecture of this period represents two different styles, the Republic's architecture, from 509 B.C. to 27 B.C., and the Empire's architecture, from 27 B.C. to the end of the Roman Empire in about 476 A.D. There are several subdivisions of each style related to significant political leaders who ordered the construction of various buildings. One of the most well known was Augustus, who had many structures built duri
Roman aqueducts are probably the most overlooked of Roman structures. They served as piping to bring water into cities. These vast structures spanned many miles. They were made up of stacked arches, made of cement, which made them extremely strong. Some have lasted almost two thousand years. Roman soldiers often built the structures during periods of peace. Aqueducts took years to complete and were designed very carefully. Roman temples, very similar to Greek temples, were located behind the forum. The temples had a rectangular plan, a gabled roof, a deep porch, and free standing columns. The columns followed the Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian order. The Romans developed a mix of Ionic and Corinthian called Composite Capital. A good example of this style is the Maison-Caree in Nimes, France. Many other styles of temples were used as well, such as the one used for the Pantheon, with a gable-roofed columnar porch and a domed cylindrical drum behind it, which is quite different than the normal rectangular one. In Rome today there are still public baths that were used like a present day swimming pool. These baths, probably derived from the Greek Gymnasium, had more then just one pool, they had several: frigidaria (cold), tepidayia (warm), and caldaria (hot). These baths were located in small
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