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PUBLIC WORKS

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THE ARCHITECTURE OFTHE ARCHITECTURE OF ANCIENTANCIENT ROMEROME AT FIRSTAT FIRST

ADOPTED THE EXTERNALADOPTED THE EXTERNAL GREEKGREEK ARCHITECTUREARCHITECTURE FORFORTHEIR OWN PURPOSES, WHICH WERE SO DIFFERENTTHEIR OWN PURPOSES, WHICH WERE SO DIFFERENT

FROM GREEK BUILDINGS AS TO CREATE A NEWFROM GREEK BUILDINGS AS TO CREATE A NEW

ARCHITECTURALARCHITECTURAL STYLE.STYLE.

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A crucial factor in this development,

coined theRoman Architectural Revolution, was the

invention of concrete. The Romans,

similarly, were indebted to their

Etruscan neighbors and forefathers who

supplied them with a wealth of knowledgeessential for future architectural

solutions.

Styles: Classical architecture

Late Republic

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Basilica

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Baths of Trajan

Catacombs of Rome

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Residences

a Family dwellings then as today were built in a wide

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residences

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Villa

and

Palace

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Hadrian's Villa at Tivoli, Italy

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