HISTORY
ANCIENT ROME
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The flying butress
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The Arch
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The Gothic steeple
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The steel skeleton
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Romans improved on devices such as the dome and the arch. One of the most amazing features of Roman architecture was the vaulted ceiling. Two of Rome’s most famous buildings erected during the Pax Romana were the Pantheon and the Colosseum.
Detailed explanation-2: -Many of the advances in architecture and building relied upon the Romans’ discovery of concrete. Concrete made possible the creation of huge rounded arches and domes. One of the most famous structures built during the Pax Romana, the Pantheon in Rome, has one of the largest freestanding domes in the world to this day.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Pax Romana which translates to Roman Peace, was a 200-year period in Roman history associated with great peace, stability, and economic prosperity spanning from 27 BCE. to 180 CE.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Romans used arches as the main element of their architecture, think of Roman aqueducts, for example. The Coliseum can be viewed as though it were a series of aqueducts built one on top of the other.