The Roman Architecture And Engineering

Picture what ancient Rome looked like with all of their incredible structures. Then all of a sudden this huge empire fell and hardly left anything behind. But the things that were left behind were its legacies. As many historians have stated throughout time, "Rome fell but its legacy lived on." Even though the Roman Empire did not last forever, it left behind many things to be remembered. A few of those being architecture and engineering, art, language and writing, and philosophy, law, and citizenship. But there is one legacy that has left the greatest mark on society. Roman architecture and engineering has had the biggest impact on today's society because it can be seen just about anywhere around the world, it has improved our means of transportation,

The purpose of this ORTO is to illustrate the extend to which Roman architecture, from the late 2nd centaury BC to the 4th century AD, had an influence and effect of modern western architecture. Therefore the aims of my ORTO are as follows:

No more roads, arches, and most thing that is rely by everyone wifi. For all you football fans there will never won the Super Bowl. So where did I all these architectures come from, well it is none other than the Romans themselves. They had left many legacies behind and their fall. Even though Rome had fell because of there corrupt ways and political reasons they left behind a legacies or also known as something to remember them by and to live on is that something in the Roman lifestyle of there way of life, inspired people with there own modern day lifestyle. Some of the legacies are Roman Art, Laws, Citizenship, Philosophy, Language, Writing and the most exceptional of the all Roman Architectures and Engineering. In architectures there are many but the Roman Colosseum, Roads and Arches has had the most

Many centuries before the birth of Christ, the city of Rome grew, prospered, and developed into a thriving Republic. As in most cultures, Rome's buildings became more elaborate and impressive. They developed fantastic building technologies and ideas. The feats of Roman engineers were groundbreaking, and many structures built by this culture still stand today. With knowledge borrowed from the Greeks, Rome made impressive architectural achievements, these were namely major attributes of buildings, colossal structures, and a legacy that would influence later buildings (Cornell and Matthews 11).

The Roman Empire left a legacy that still continues to affect people with modern technology. The Romans’ technology might have not been as advanced as modern technology today, but they still managed to caused great impact over the ancient people. The Roman Empire’s inventions and innovations such as indoor plumbing, aqueducts, and construction of roads and buildings with their fast drying will always be notable attention because they managed to acquire extensive progress without modern methods. However, the Romans were not restricted to new inventions, they also managed to improve the existing fields of medicine, law, government and warfare.

In the field of architecture and engineering , the Romans are well known for their creative engineering achievements such as: the Roman highways that constituted extended road networks that play major role in travel, trade, and maintaining control over the Empire’s vast regions and facilitating the rapid deployment of armies when needed. Also, the aqueducts that consisted of waterways, tunnels and pipelines that bring water from distant mountains and rivers into cities and towns to provide water to the cities’ fountains, public baths , houses of wealthy and to power watermills and other machines. Moreover, Roman contributed a lot to building technology by inventing the Concrete which allowed the construction of impacted bridges and buildings with architectural designs such as castles and cathedrals. Romans also invented the watermill that were widely used in Europe and were the first to use advanced technology in mining operations. In the field of literature, the Romans genirally were the

Beyond the practical uses of Arches, the Romans would build triumphal arches to celebrate victories and conquests. The most practical use of the arch was with the aqueducts which helped deliver fresh water to the Roman cities. Arches were extremely useful in most of the Roman construction, including homes, temples, colosseums, bath houses, and theaters. The technology of the arch allowed for wide open spaces, which were essential for these public areas. (Kamm, n.d.) Aqueducts.

There are many legacies that Rome has left on modern day, but I believe that the architecture and engineering had the largest impact. The quote, "Rome fell but its legacy lived on." means that while Rome was on the top of the game, they made good use of their time and accomplished a lot. Since Rome had such talented engineers and architects, their building style lived on even though the great empire did not. The roman legacies are art, language and writing, philosophy, law, and citizenship, and engineering and architecture. All of these are very important in modern day, but the one that stuck out the most to me was the engineering and architecture. Honestly, when you ever think about a football game, all of it happens inside of a stadium right?

These materials were used to build specific structures and technology. First of all, whenever they had to have water travel across valleys or other open landscapes, the Romans built bridges made of arches. These arches saved materials and money, as it took less to build arches than to build a solid wall. Also, arches were much more stable than a wall and were easily repairable. It was easy for pedestrians and vehicles to pass through the arches, too. However, when

Even though I must right about concrete and the arch, I can not start without saying that Roman development can easily impress anyone who have the opportunity to find out about their stunning innovations, on such early times. In my research I have found the most amazing innovations that prove the Roman Empire great culture, architecture and ingenuity and richness:

The aqueducts also gave birth to another landmark in building of early mega-structures: the arches. Through use of arches, aqueducts could be made taller and longer without using a lot of building materials. The aqueducts enabled expansion of Rome and helped keep the city clean. Through aqueducts the common Roman citizen had access to running water, a quantum leap in the civic amenities as per many experts.

One of Roman Engineering’s greatest accomplishments was the use of the arch. The arch shape is very strong, able to support great amounts of weight. This allowed Romans to build massive structures that would stand for many centuries. The Romans adapted the arch design to fit many purposes. The barrel vault is merely an elongated arch; this was used for buildings tombs and sewers. The dome is an adaptation of the arch. The dome is an arch revolved on its vertical axis. The best example of the dome in ancient Rome is the Pantheon. The basic arch was used in almost every large building in Rome. Romans also used

The Roman Empire was one of the strongest empires and one of the ways that they were able to show that power was with their architecture. One of the most interesting pieces of architecture from the Roman period is the Pont Du Gard. The Pont Du Gard serves as an aqueduct to transport water from the springs to the city. The impressive part is that it is still standing today and it was made very precisely using stones. If you did not know it serves as an aqueduct it could very easily be a magnificent structure with the arch’s serving as the viewpoint. The arches are used to support the structure but they also help beautify the structure and make you think why they added arches and also why they are all different sizes. The very bottom of the structure

In ancient Rome, architecture and engineering were highly regarded. It contributed much to Rome’s development, power, as well as the longevity of such an immense and substantial empire. Architecture displayed an immense amount of workmanship as well as innovation. This is seen through Rome engineers as they created the concept of concrete, constructed the famous Roman aqueducts, and the luxurious Roman baths. Roman’s were clearly superior engineers compared to their competitors because Roman engineers developed new and innovative concepts that were never introduced before, therefore contributing to the success of the Roman Empire.

The genius by Roman architects and engineers of the arch, vault and dome, improved their evolution of concrete, as well as working out probable problems of grand architecture, which is to bridge space (Roman architecture [sa]). Roofing a