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Romes
Architecture
LessonThree
November22,2010
ROMANROADSFORCONQUEST
Roadsbuildingplayedakey
TheRomanshadlearnedto
roleinRomanmilitary
mixlimemortar,pouritinto
conquest.ItallowedRoman
awoodenmold,andwaitfor
legionstomovequicklyfrom
ittobecomeashardasstone.
onetroublespottoanotherin
theempire.WhereverRoman
soldierswent,theybuiltroads.
Romes
Architecture
LessonThree
November22,2010
THEAQUEDUCTS:WATERSUPPLY
TheRomansalsobuilt
Tokeepthewaterflowing,
aqueducts,orstonetroughs
allaqueductswerebuiltata
heldaloftbysupports.The
constantslopefrom
aqueductswereawaytomove
beginningtoend.
waterfromitssourceinthe
mountainstocommunitiesin
lowerregion.
Romes
Architecture
LessonThree
November22,2010
ARCHOFTITUS:TRIUMPHALARCH
Itisa1stcen.honorificarchlocated
ontheViaSacra,Rome.Itwas
constructedinc.82ADbytheRoman
EmperorDomitianshortlyafterthe
deathofhisolderbrotherTitusto
commemorateTitus'victories,
includingintheSackofJerusalemin
70A.D.
Romes
Architecture
LessonThree
November22,2010
ARCHOFTITUS:THEINSCRIPTION
SENATVS
THESENATEANDPEOPLEOFROME(DEDICATE
POPVLVSQVEROMANVS
THIS)TOTHEDIVINETITUSVESPASIANUS
DIVOTITODIVIVESPASIANIF[ILIO]
AUGUSTUS,SONOFTHEDIVINEVESPASIAN.
VESPASIANOAVGVSTO
Romes
Architecture
LessonThree
SinceTHEN
ARCHOFTITUS:THERESTORATION
(THIS)MONUMENT,
REMARKABLEINTERMSOF
BOTHRELIGIONANDART,
HADWEAKENEDFROMAGE:
PIUSTHESEVENTH,SUPREME
PONTIFF,
BYNEWWORKSONTHEMODEL
OFTHEANCIENTEXEMPLAR
ORDEREDITREINFORCEDAND
PRESERVED.
INTHEYEAROFHISSACRED
RULERSHIPTHE24TH
INSIGNERELIGIONISATQVE
TheoppositesideoftheArchofTitus
ARTISMONVMENTVM
receivednewinscriptionsafteritwas
VETVSTATEFATISCENS
restoredduringthepontificateofPope
PIVSSEPTIMVSPONTIFEX
PiusVIIbyGiuseppeValadierin
MAX(IMVS)
1821.Therestorationwas
NOVISOPERIBVSPRISCVM
intentionallymadeintravertineto
EXEMPLARIMITANTIBVS
differentiatebetweentheoriginaland
FVLCIRISERVARIQVEIVSSIT
therestoredportions.
ANNOSACRIPRINCIPATVS
EIVSXXIIII
Romes
Architecture
LessonThree
November22.2010
AMPHITHEATRUMFLAVIUM
DuringtheFlaviandynasty,
(6996A.D),thefamous
colosseumwasbuiltinRome.
Itservedasamodelforlarge
sportsarenasasbullringsand
footballbowls.
Romes
Architecture
LessonThree
November22,2010
THEFAMOUSCOLOSSEUM
Thecolosseumwasthelargest
buildingofitskindinthe
ancientworld.Itwasbuiltso
tightlythatitsarenacouldbe
filledwithwaterformock
navalbattles.
Romes
Architecture
LessonThree
November22,2010
THEFAMOUSCOLOSSEUM
TheColosseums80entrances
weresetinthebottomrowof
arches.
50,000spectatorsused76
entrances.EmperorTitusand
hispartyusedtwoentrances,
thelasttwowerereservedfor
thegladiators.
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