Public Works

PUBLIC WORKS

PUBLIC WORKS

THE ARCHITECTURE OF ANCIENT ROME AT FIRST ADOPTED THE EXTERNAL GREEK ARCHITECTURE FOR THEIR OWN PURPOSES, WHICH WERE SO DIFFERENT FROM GREEK BUILDINGS AS TO CREATE A NEW ARCHITECTURAL STYLE. THE TWO STYLES ARE OFTEN CONSIDERED ONE BODY

A crucial factor in this development, coined the Roman Architectural Revolution, was the invention of concrete. The Romans, similarly, were indebted to their Etruscan neighbors and forefathers who supplied them with a wealth of knowledge essential for future architectural solutions. Styles:      Classical architecture      Late Republic

Aqueduct

Basilica

•Baths of Trajan

•Catacombs of Rome

Residences a Family dwellings then as today were built in a wide variety of shapes and sizes, but the Roman domus

residences

Villa and Palace

 A Roman villa is a villa that was built or lived in during the Roman republic and the Roman Empire. ●

A villa was originally a Roman country house built for

The villa rustica centered on the villa itself, perhaps only seasonally occupied. Under the Empire there were a concentration of

•Hadrian's Villa at Tivoli, Italy