Roman Architecture Research Paper

Ancient Roman architecture were base on the Greek architecture, and took ideas from the Greek architecture, but differed from Greek buildings, obtaining a new architectural style. The style of this two differen architecture is often consiered one body of classical architecture. Under the Empire's rule, Roman Architecture flourished in Roman republic, when most of the surviving buildings were Re-constructed. Its matreials contained particularly concrete, and technologies like the arch and the dome that made buildings strong and well-engineered.
Since the establishment of the Roman Republic in 509 BC to about the 4th century AD Roman Architecture covers this period. After that period this architecture was reclassified as Late Antique or Byzantine architecture. No proper architect example survived from before 100 BC, and the majority of survivals are from the later empire, after about 100 AD. Roman architectural style kept contiuning its influence over building architecture in the former empire for several centuries, and the architecture style used in the Western Europe starts about 1000 and is refered to as Romanesque architecture to reflect the main idea of architecture was in Roman forms.
Architectural Innovation of Rome started in the 3rd or 2nd …show more content…
Byzantine architecture was solely influenced by Roman and Greek architecture. Byzantine architecture innovation began when Constantine the Great started rebuilding the city of Byzantium and named it Constantinople and went forth with his architectural development of churches and the forum of Constantine. Over a millenium the Empire endured. Constantinople's architecture greatly influenced the later medieval architecture through Europe and the Near East, and was considered the primary progenitor of the Renaissance and Ottoman architectural traditions that followed its