ROMAN ARCHITECTURE
Tivoli, near Rome: round temple of the Sibyl or of Vesta
(so-called),
1st c. BC
Nimes, France: Pont du Gard, 1st c. BC
Nimes: Temple of Jupiter (= Maison Carree), 1st c. BC
Palestrina (ancient Praeneste), near Rome: Sanctuary of Fortuna
Primigenia,
c. 80 BC
Pompeii: Vettii house, ca. 70 AD
Pompeii, House of Pansa, 2nd c. BC
Vitruvius, Ten Books on Architecture, written about 29 BC.
Colosseum (= Flavian amphitheater), Rome: c. 72-80 AD. First
floor
with barrel vaults (illustration extreme right), second floor with
groin
vaults (illustration second from right).
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