ARC 111 Chapter 5: Chapter 5

• School: University of Kentucky
• Department: Architecture
• Course: ARC 111
• Professor: Andrew Manson

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5. 1 ancient rome: governing through architecture: such hellenistic cities as pergamon and alexandria were works of architecture in and of themselves. These included arches (a curved structure, usually made of wedge-shaped stones (voussoirs), that spans an opening), vaults, and marble columns used in temples, colonnaded streets and plazas, markets, theaters, aqueducts, and baths. Roma caput mundi: a regime of architecture: five centuries after its founding in april 21, 753 bce, rome considered itself the head of the world ( caput mundi ) because of their vast empire. The romans built their main cult site on the temple mount of capitoline hill, which was an imitation of an italo-etruscan temple. Reinforced concrete is embedded with steel robs, or repairs, to add tensile strength) to form a bonding substance that could also form complex geometric structures. It solved many structural issues of vaulted theaters, baths, and palaces (1) the ruler"s residence, deriving from the imperial residence n the.