The Roman Colosseum And Greek Parthenon

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Humans, from caves we crawled leaving behind paintings on stone walls. At first our new domiciles just for mere survival, providing protection from either the elements or from each other. Then as the ages began to pass, year by slowly passing year, humanity began to develop from tents built upon sands, or huts built upon the British moors we grew; We designed the Roman Colosseum and the Greek Parthenon, houses and structures, true architecture began to form. We began to put heart into our developments and homes, architecture influenced by music, arts, religion, even food. Designs that would now last through the centuries and be passed from generation to generation even to today.

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