GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Detailed explanation-1: -The Roman arch is an important element of architecture handed down from ancient Rome. An arch is an architectural feature that creates open space by compressing weight down and outwards. The Romans were the first to extensively use the arch in architecture.

Detailed explanation-2: -A characteristic feature of Roman design was the combined use of arcuated and trabeated construction (employing arches and constructed with post and lintel). Although at first tentatively employed in the spaces between the classical columns, the arch eventually came to be the chief structural element.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Roman Arch was the foundation of Rome’s architectural mastery and massive expanse of building projects across the ancient world. It allowed the Romans to make bigger buildings, longer roads, and better aqueducts.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Romans were the first builders in the history of architecture to realize the potential of domes for the creation of large and well-defined interior spaces. Domes were introduced in a number of Roman building types such as temples, thermae, palaces, mausolea and later also churches.