ENGR 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Aqua Appia, Roman Aqueduct, Dry Stone
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The republic (535 bc to 24 bc) and the empire (24 bc to ad 476) They were practical builders who relied more on experience than on mathematical logic and science. Impressive in scale and bold in execution. Emphasized function rather than the artistic or aesthetic. Devising a number of construction machines such as. Pile drivers, treadmill hoists and wooden bucket wheels. 621 m by 118 m and could fit more than 150 000 people. The appian way was the first and most famous link in a road network that radiated from rome. Named for appius claudius, the censor of rome, in 312 bc. Aqua appia also named for appius claudius, was the first f=major aqueduct built in rome. The pantheon was a temple of extraordinary stateliness. Agrippa, a brilliant engineer and the adopted son of augustus, built the pantheon circa in 17 bc. The internal diameter of the pantheon is equal to its height if 43 m.
