WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -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. The Roman arch is the ancestor of modern architecture.

Detailed explanation-2: -Roman architectural style continued to influence building in the former empire for many centuries, and the style used in Western Europe beginning about 1000 is called Romanesque architecture to reflect this dependence on basic Roman forms.

Detailed explanation-3: -In Rome’s imperial era, triumphal arches were normally restricted to the honoring of emperors. These later arches were decorated with fine sculptures depicting the emperor’s conquests and other deeds. Nearly forty ancient Roman arches survive in one form or another scattered around the former empire.