Topics:

•Aqueducts

•Roman Coliseums

•Arches

•Columns

•A canal constructed to transport water to cities and industrial sites.

• The Romans constructed the greatest ancient aqueducts; some of them are still in use!

•The Romans constructed over 10 aqueducts in 500 year period.

•The aqueducts supplied the many baths, and fountains in the city.

•Then finally being emptied into the sewers, where they finished there last job, removing the waste matter.

•The Romans only had one coliseum.•It was able to hold around 70,000 people.•It’s original name was the Flavian Amphitheater.

•It was built in the 70’s AD.•It was finished and ready to use around 80 AD.•The coliseum was continuously used until 217, when it got hit by a lightning strike and then started a fire.•The coliseum was repaired by the year 238 and, the fighting commenced.

•They were used in a lot of structures like aqueducts, and coliseums.

•The way arches were built was a trademark of Ancient Rome.

•The Romans used arches in a lot of there buildings for two reasons: for support and for decoration.•Triumphal arches were later constructed to honor their leaders.

•Ancient Rome used columns a lot.

•Most of the columns were adopted from the Greek columns.

•They used them as support and as decoration.•Rome came up with 5 different columns known as Tuscan, Doric, Ionic, Corinthian, and Composite.

The Romans used concrete in arches, columns, coliseums, and aqueducts.

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