Ancient Roman Architecture

Romulus & Remus

Etruscans
Etruscan Temple, Veii
Augustus
1st Roman Emperor
Concrete
Fishbourne Villa
Hadrian’s 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
 Trajan’s 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
Trajan’s 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 ? 67
 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 & Realistic (Verism) humans,

Goddesses idealized officials
Painting: Stylized figures floating in Realistic images with
Space perspective
Subject of Art: Mythology Civic Leaders, military
triumphs
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