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The Greek Temple In Paestum, Italy

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Roman architecture was unlike anything that had come before. Persians, Egyptians, Greeks, and Etruscans all had their own kind of architecture. Buildings were designed to be impressive when viewed from the outside because the architects all had to rely on buildings in a post-and-lintel system. This meant they had to use to upright columns with a horizontal block laid flat across the top of them. A good example of this is the Greek Temple in Paestum, Italy. Roman architecture differed from the traditional lintels. They were the ones to discover, experiment, and use concrete, arches and vaulting. Thanks to these innovations from the first century C.E. Romans were able to create interior spaces that had previously been unheard of. Romans became
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