HISTORY
ANCIENT ROME
|
Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
|
|
|
aqueducts
|
|
|
network of roads
|
|
|
domes
|
|
|
Large buildings made from steel
|
Detailed explanation-1: -Surface carburization was also carried out. Iron and steel were used extensively in construction and for tools and weapons. Fire welding was often used to add pieces of steel to make the edges of tools and weapons, which could be heat-treated by quenching to harden them.
Detailed explanation-2: -Once a Roman temple, now a church, the building was completed by the emperor Hadrian around 126 AD. A miracle in terms of ancient architecture, the Pantheon’s dome is the world’s largest unreinforced concrete dome.
Detailed explanation-3: -Many ancient Roman structures like the Pantheon, the Colosseum and the Roman Forum are still standing today thanks to the development of Roman cement and concrete.
Detailed explanation-4: -The arch and the vault. The Romans did not invent but did master both the arch and vault, bringing a new dimension to their buildings that the Greeks did not have. Domes. Concrete. Domestic architecture. Public buildings. The Colosseum. Aqueducts. Triumphal arches.