Pantheon, Rome

that defined Rome was the colosseum, aqueducts and bridges, and bathrooms because they were both aesthetically and as an engineering feat. The colosseum is the most iconic Rome architecture where our modern society know about this building being associated with Italy. The purpose of the colosseum was to perform plays and used it as fighting arena for warriors which indicate aesthetic value this Roman architectural has. The colosseum was capable of filling the entire population of Rome where…

Credit The Ridley Scott movie, “Gladiator”, starring Russell Crowe as Maximus, is the story of a Roman general who was asked to become the new emperor of Rome by the dying Marcus Aurelius. This angered and power-hungry the son of Marcus, Commodus, then killed his father before Maximus could make his decision. Commodus became the new emperor of Rome and ordered for Maximus to be killed. Maximus escaped from the officers who were going to execute him, and stole their horses to ride back to his…

most of its other contemporary cultures still built dirt roads and basic irrigation, the Romans had developed paved roads, aqueducts, central heating, and plumbing that lead to the main sewage system. Advanced architecture such as the Coliseum and Pantheon were among the greatest construction projects in the world; visitors from all around…

MacKenzie Merrick Professor Elliott AH 2110 October 16th, 2015 Rome and Us: Our Similarities and Differences The society and culture of Rome have a variety of things in common with and opposite of that of the world today. Examples of this can relate to Rome and modern societies worldwide in several ways. Relations between the United States and Rome include political structure, religious activity, innovation or technology, artistic and architectural qualities, social and economic division, and…

Egypt, to the Parthenon of ancient Greece, and to the Colosseum of ancient Rome, these cultures laid the foundation of what western civilization and thought would become today. To this day, there are multiple religions, multiple political systems, different government systems, and traditional ways of living that all had to originate from somewhere. Since researching and exploring more about these ancient cultures of Greece, Rome, and Egypt, it was a colossal stepping stone to my understanding of…

If there is one thing in history that most people can agree on, it is the fact that Rome had one of the most successful empires ever. There are four main components to have a successful empire, they include, military strength, political organization and administrative presence, a vigorous cultural presence, and a viable economy. Two people that wrote about this were Polybius and Aelius. In addition to them, Simon Baker also wrote about it and had a more modern take on it. In their writings, it…

1. What was the purpose of Roman wall paintings and floor mosaics, and what do they tell us about the lives of the Romans? The Roman wall paintings depicted many different things depending on the style of the painting (Kleiner, 2012). The first style of wall paintings within Roman art had purposes that were meant to replicate the marble walls of Kings (Kleiner, 2012). In the second style of wall paintings, the Romans utilized art to create three-dimensional scenes on the wall (Kleiner, 2012)…

Hadrian was a Roman emperor who had an intriguing biographical background that after many centuries to fascinate society. Hadrian was known as the traveling emperor as he concentrated on the rebirth of the Roman Empire. He is best known for his passion for Greek art, literature, philosophy, his interest in architecture and more prominently his obsessive infatuation of an otherwise unimportant man, Antinous. Hadrian's parent died while he was a child and Emperor Trajan and Acilius Attanus…

The Parthenon Athens and the Pantheon in Rome are two of the most well known buildings in the world. Despite being very different structures outwardly, they are similar in foundation and use. Perhaps this is not surprising as the ruler who reconstructed the Pantheon was, “widely travelled…and admired Greek culture.” (Cline, 2017) Both temples are mathematically based. Math and especially geometry was a key part of ancient Greek culture. The Greeks invested, “platonic solids and…certain…

civilization just as Romans had upon construction. The Colosseum is easily still one of the most well-known historical monuments of Roman architecture in the world. The reason for this is due to its large size and presence that its ruins have left on Rome. With thousands of tourists visiting this grand monument, it is easy to see why. This building is a symbolic representation of the glory and gore that was designed by the Romans. The fantastic and impressive history that has been carried over…