The Romans were good at engineering, although many of their inventions were improvements and/or modifications of older inventions and ideas. Roman engineering was also influenced by Greece and Etruscan ideas. Some Roman engineering achievements are aqueducts, bridges, roads, mining, and mills. Two other buildings are the Colosseum and the Pantheon.
Materials
The Romans mostly used brick, stone, cement concrete and/or marble. The Romans discovered that substituting the sand in concrete with volcanic ash would make a very strong cement. The Romans also debris, broken pottery and lighter materials into concrete and mortar. They also used wood,ceramics metal, and mudstone.
Aqueducts
Rome had 11 different aqueducts. They were between 10-100 km long …show more content…
They also used the water to quench hot rocks in order to weaken and fracture them. Additionally, the Romans had methods to channel the water out of the mines, such as reverse overshot waterwheels and screw pumps.
The Colosseum
The Colosseum was 48 meters tall and four storied. It was 189 and 159 meters wide and long. There were 76 public entrances and 4 private ones. The Colosseum was decorated with shields and statues in on the outside. The Colosseum had 45,000 seats that began 4 meters off the arena floor. The emperor, priests and senators sat in the first tier and the ordinary public, above. Under the arena was the Hypogeum, a network of tunnels, passages, and chambers. It also include lifts operated by pulleys that led to the arena.
The Pantheon
The Pantheon was built as a temple and later converted into a church. It is still the largest unreinforced concrete dome. The thickness of the of the dome varies from 21 feet at the bottom to 4 at the top. The material used also varies, denser, heavier materials were used for the bottom, and lighter materials for the top. This helped the dome be freestanding. The oculus at top provides natural light as well as lightening the
Materials
The Romans mostly used brick, stone, cement concrete and/or marble. The Romans discovered that substituting the sand in concrete with volcanic ash would make a very strong cement. The Romans also debris, broken pottery and lighter materials into concrete and mortar. They also used wood,ceramics metal, and mudstone.
Aqueducts
Rome had 11 different aqueducts. They were between 10-100 km long …show more content…
They also used the water to quench hot rocks in order to weaken and fracture them. Additionally, the Romans had methods to channel the water out of the mines, such as reverse overshot waterwheels and screw pumps.
The Colosseum
The Colosseum was 48 meters tall and four storied. It was 189 and 159 meters wide and long. There were 76 public entrances and 4 private ones. The Colosseum was decorated with shields and statues in on the outside. The Colosseum had 45,000 seats that began 4 meters off the arena floor. The emperor, priests and senators sat in the first tier and the ordinary public, above. Under the arena was the Hypogeum, a network of tunnels, passages, and chambers. It also include lifts operated by pulleys that led to the arena.
The Pantheon
The Pantheon was built as a temple and later converted into a church. It is still the largest unreinforced concrete dome. The thickness of the of the dome varies from 21 feet at the bottom to 4 at the top. The material used also varies, denser, heavier materials were used for the bottom, and lighter materials for the top. This helped the dome be freestanding. The oculus at top provides natural light as well as lightening the