a curved structure for spanning an opening. Designed to support a vertical load primarily by axial compression.

Roman's greatest contribution to architecture

Extended arches used to create large open rooms & high covered passage

two supports of an arch

Platform on top of the piers supporting the arch

Patterned angle blocks of bricks or stones placed on imposts

Central block the the arch

Special Roman mortar/cement composing water, lime and pozzolana

Special volcanic ash used by romans for cement

Roman wall surface that is a course laid brick work

Roman wall surface where joints were in diagonal lines like mesh of a net

Roman wall surface where bricks are triangular on plan and 1.5" thick

Roman wall surface irregular in shape & random placed uncut stones inserted in a core of opus caementicium

Roman wall surface where bands of Tufa introduced at intervals in the ordinary brick facing

Roman wall surface where paving bricks are set in herringbone pattern

Roman wall surface where there were rectangular blocks of stones with or without mortar joints

Technique of Greek and Roman mosaic, made from tesserae that are larger than about 4 mm.

Roman order that is a simplified version of the Doric order that is 7 diameters high with a base and unfluted shaft

Roman order that is a combination of the Corinthian and Ionic capitals used mostly in triumphal arches to give ornate character

Roman meaning of theatre all round

Roman building large, circular, open air venue with raised seating for gladiator combats, chariot facing, venationes and executions

Flavian amphitheater with 80 entrances started by Emperor Vespasian and finished by Titus in 80AD which can host up to 50,000 spectators

Other term for Roman Colosseum

Greatest work of architectural engineering in Roman Architecture

Roman stadium for chariot racing

Roman building for plays, pantomimes, choral events & orations; semi circular in shape

1st and largest stadium in ancient rome; 621m in length and 18m in width

Main civic building of roman empire for transacting business and disposing of legal matters

Roman marketplace, place of great social significance

Conductor of water

Roman bridges made of stone serve as part of a road system

Arch that commemorated victories in war

Earliest style of triumphal arch erected by Domitian (81 C) that commemorates victories of Vespasian and Titus in Jewish war (70-71 CE)

Commemorates Constantine's victory over his enemy Maxentius in 312 AD

column to commemorate a naval military victory

Monument in a form of a column in memory of a victorious battle that stands on a base and crowned with a victory symbol

Other term for Monumental Column

erected in 113 AD to honor Emperor Trajan that commemorates trajan's victories in Dacia (Romania)

Built in honor of Marcus erected by Commodus, a Doric column featuring a spiral relief

Inspired by Trajan's Column (113 C)

Part of colosseum that is a retractable roof

Part of colosseum which is a platform covered with wood and layers of sand

Entrance and exit of a roman theater

stage of a roman theater

seating section of a roman theater

Part of a basilica with wide central aisle higher than the flanking aisles

Part of basilica where magistrates sat, often on slightly raised dais

Part of basilica that are arcaded spaces on one or both sides

Prows/rams of captured ships mounted on rostral columns