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Architecture In Ancient Rome

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Ancient Rome better known as Caput Mundi, (the capital of the world), is situated in central Italy was founded on 21April 753 BC by two brothers, Romulus and Remus. Rome has been a dominant empire throughout the age of time and its influence on the modern world is still in manifest. One of the major driving forces that aided the Romans in maintaining their power was the phenomenal architectural principles that their structures possessed throughout the city of Rome. The Romans applied three elements in which was used in order to perfect various elements such as their architectural structures, concrete, vaults and arch’s. Rome was recognized for more than just their achievements as a city, but they were also acknowledged for being founders of …show more content…

Dating back to two thousand years ago, Roman architecture continues to maintain and uphold its legacy. The various reasons in maintaining their legacy are the three architectural elements that were used in its structures are namely, the arch, the vault and concrete. These various elements played a fundamental role in mass reduction as well as in implementing building structural characteristics such as strength and stability. The convention of these elements led to the influence of Roman architecture in the western world and continues to spread immensely throughout the modern world …show more content…

Michelangelo was a man not very easily impressed, but stated “angelic and not human design.” This meaning it was something really out of this world.

The Pantheon withstands its form for many of years although what we see today is nothing like the remarkable exterior we would have seen ages ago. One of the principles conveyed in this building through Vitruvius principles is the durability of the building, being one of Rome’s longest standing monuments.
The purpose of the interior space of The Pantheon is for geometrical perfection and symmetry in context of the perfect universe. The main idea used for the interior spaces of the Pantheon is so that it could fit in a cube or sphere, but still continue with its original functions.

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The Pantheon The Pantheon is one of the most well preserved buildings still standing from the Imperial era of Rome1. The Pantheon was a temple devoted to all of the Roman Gods. The origin of the Pantheon’s name is derived from the Greek word Pantheia2, which translates into, ‘All of the Gods’3. Although the architecture of the Pantheon is not exactly certain, Hadrian’s name has been recommended, meaning that Hadrian did not make the models, construction, details and supervised the building, etc.

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During the Roman Republic the senatorial class competed for status through the means of public buildings, coins, tombs, and artifacts. By commemorating both past events as well as important figures the Romans are able to hold onto the past in a rather sophisticated manner. Correspondingly, as an aspiring consul I would strategically build a Hall of Memory museum to pay tribute to my respectable ancestors and to uphold the reputation that my last name carries. The museum would be designed according to Roman architecture to reflect the establishment of the Roman Republic in 509 BC. That being said, the museum would have many features for which the Roman are known for including archs, mosaics.

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The structure consists of a circular drum, six meters thick and reinforced with arches and piers, capped with a concrete dome (Godden, 1980). In order to construct a dome of this magnitude the Romans had to utilize many engineering techniques; the thickness of the dome varies from 5.9 meters at the base to 1.5 meters at the apex, the interior of the dome features recessed panels requiring less material and reducing weight. Also the base of the dome contains heavy aggregates, with aggregate density decreasing higher up, (Shaeffer, 1992), employing the native pumice stone known as tuff. Interior of the Pantheon, c.1734 Giovanni Paolo Panini Conclusion

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As a start, the building types are many as the private houses, baths, as well as temples and theatres and these are our points; Firstly in temples, Greeks’ structures were invented to be the home of gods called Parthenon having an obsolete religion. As inside these sanctuaries they didn’t have spots of meeting, but obeying the penances and aimed to custom an individual god in them. These temples anyways were sometimes used to be storage of votive offerings. Subsequently, they are very unique in there style and very essential modeling construction. For examples, the palace of Knossos, and Athens acropolis.

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