Ancient Roman Architecture

Romulus & Remus

Etruscans

Etruscan Temple, Veii

Augustus
1st Roman Emperor

Concrete

Fishbourne Villa

Hadrians Villa

Roman Domus

House of Vetti, Pompeii

The Pantheon
Hadrian/ Agrippa

oldest dome
w/ oculus 30ft dia

Interior of Pantheon

Inside of U.S. Capitol Dome

Dome Room in Vatican

Temple of
Portunus

Maison-Carre, Nimes

Tuscan Order

Composite Column

Roman Mosaic

Opus Incertum

Opus Sectile

Roman Forum

Trajans Forum
Apollodorus of Damascus

Pompeii Amphitheatre
Latin: arena

The Colosseum

The Colosseum/ Coliseum

Vespasian, Titus & Domitian

Flavian Amphitheatre

Aqueducts

Pont du Gard, Nimes

Aqueduct Construction

Roman Thermae

Baths of Caracalla

Roman Circus

Puente Romana or Pons

Roman Basilica

Parts of a Basilica

Cicero

Curia: Roman Senate House

Roman Fort

Triumphal Arch of
Septimus Severus

Arch of Constantine

Roman Theatre, Aspendos

Trajans Column

Deep Thoughts
by

Marcus Aurelius
The happiness of your life depends on
the quality of your thoughts.

Very little is needed to make a happy

life. It is all within yourself, in your
way of thinking.
The first rule is to keep an untroubled
spirit. The second is to look things in
the face and know them for what they
are.
Portrait of Marcus Aurelius
Rome, Italy ca. AD 175-180

Monumental Tomb

Is it

GREEK
Or is it

ROMAN

?
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GREEK

ROMAN

Preferred Structure:

Temples to Glorify Gods

Civic Buildings to honor

Empire

Walls:

Made of cut stone blocks

Concrete with Ornamental

facing

Trademark Forms:

Rectangles, Straight Lines

Circles, Curved Lines

Support System:

Post and Lintel

Rounded Arch

Column Style:

Doric & Ionic

Corinthian

Sculpture:

Idealized Gods &

Goddesses

Realistic (Verism) humans,

idealized officials

Painting:

Stylized figures floating in

Space

Realistic images with

perspective

Subject of Art:

Mythology

Civic Leaders, military

triumphs
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